If I Had 84 Million Dollars

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Created by: SammyB

Team: 2020-21 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 5, 2020

Published: Mar. 5, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

This is assuming the salary cap increases to $84M, the low end of the scale the league gave the other day.

Detroit trade is a salary dump; Wings get goalie of the future in exchange for taking on two bad contracts, Canucks get a solid backup goalie to hold the fort until DiPietro is NHL ready.

Toffoli is only 27 so he still has a good 3-5 years of top six production left in him, while Barrie is a younger, better, and only slightly more expensive replacement for Tanev.

Gaudette gets a bridge, Virtanen gets a well-deserved raise, and Stecher gets a one-year 'prove it' contract that doesn't take up any cap space for 2021.

Speaking of 2021, the expiring contracts of Pearson, Sutter, Edler, Stecher, Bernier, and Benn free up $22.225M to sign Pettersson and Hughes and get some cheap depth to fill out the roster.

Let me know what you think!

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tryamkin, Nikita		1	$1,000,000
Höglander, Nils		3	$900,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Virtanen, Jake	4	$3,600,000
Gaudette, Adam	2	$2,100,000
Stecher, Troy	1	$3,100,000
Motte, Tyler	1	$1,000,000
MacEwen, Zack	1	$1,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Toffoli, Tyler	5	$5,100,000
Markström, Jacob	3	$6,400,000
Barrie, Tyson	4	$6,000,000

Trades

VAN

Bernier, Jonathan

DET

Buyouts

Ryan Spooner: $1,033,333

Recapture Fees

Roberto Luongo: $3,035,212

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$84,000,000	$84,185,212	$1,700,000	$3,700,000	-$185,212

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Miller, J.T. $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 3	Pettersson, Elias $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C, LW UFA - 1	Boeser, Brock $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW UFA - 2
Pearson, Tanner $3,750,000$3,750,000 LW UFA - 1	Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 3	Toffoli, Tyler $5,100,000$5,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Höglander, Nils $900,000$900,000 LW, RW RFA - 3	Gaudette, Adam $2,100,000$2,100,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Virtanen, Jake $3,600,000$3,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Roussel, Antoine $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Beagle, Jay $3,000,000$3,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Sutter, Brandon $4,375,000$4,375,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hughes, Quinn $916,667$916,667 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1	Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 4	Markström, Jacob $6,400,000$6,400,000 G UFA - 6
Edler, Alexander $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Barrie, Tyson $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA - 1
Tryamkin, Nikita $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD RFA	Stecher, Troy $3,100,000$3,100,000 RD UFA - 2	Bernier, Jonathan $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Benn, Jordie $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1		Ferland, Micheal $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3
MacEwen, Zack $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2
Motte, Tyler $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Mar. 5, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

CrossFireX33

Joined: Apr. 2019

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I'd accept as Detroit

Mar. 5, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

Lenny7

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Wouldn't it be cheaper for the Wings to just sign one of Markstrom, Holtby, or even potentially make a move for Murray's RFA rights? Demko doesn't move the needle enough (for me at least) to take on Loui plus Baertschi.

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Mar. 5, 2020 at 2:58 p.m.

SammyB

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Markstrom and Holtby would be cheaper but they'll be at the tail end of their primes by the time the Wings are ready to compete. Detroit's going to be really bad for another couple years, taking on bad contracts is 100% worth getting one of the best goalie prospects in hockey, IMO.

Mar. 5, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

Canucks33

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I don't like your UFA targets.

Our defense is bad enough as it is and you want to replace our best defensive defenseman (Tanev) with a redundant offensive player who's terrible at defense (Barrie)? How would that work out any differently than it has for the Leafs this year? The only way Barrie has any sort of value to us is if Hughes is somehow out of the picture (like Reilly is for Toronto). Paying through the nose for a secondary option is terrible management.

We have young wingers who can take Toffoli's spot in the next 1-2 years (Podkolzin, Hoglander, Lind). We don't need to tie up cap space there. Instead invest in the defense.

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Mar. 5, 2020 at 3:26 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

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I've been posting rosters with a variant of that same Demko trade, but I think if it just gets rid of Eriksson's deal we don't really need to move Baertschi. Even if it means throwing in a mid-round pick to get it done I would do it, with the obvious caveat that VAN has locked up Markstrom. Otherwise I like your team, but agree with Canucks33 that signing Tanev to a smaller deal than what you've given Barrie is a better fit for the roster.

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