The hunt for the elusive top 6 center

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Created by: JayTea

Team: 2020-21 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 9, 2020

Published: Mar. 9, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Or maybe I should spell it centre so people stop thinking Wild fans mean middle 6 centers who sometimes play top 6 wing like Kerfoot. ;)

Unlikely to happen, because Tampa always gets bailed out of their cap crunch and somehow never seems to lose a valuable player but in my fantasy world all of their NTC come back to haunt them so they take a deal that gives them a cheap excellent defenseman to fill Sergachev's spot and a guy who has upside but hasn't done enough to demand a bunch of money. Greenway also helps add some size to a team who could probably use it.

What would an 8 year contract look like for Cirelli on a team with no tax advantages?

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kaprizov, Kirill		2	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kunin, Luke	4	$3,500,000
Sturm, Nico	1	$950,000
Kähkönen, Kaapo	2	$1,000,000
Cirelli, Anthony	8	$7,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Soucy, Carson		3	$2,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Defenseman, Depth		1	$900,000
Forward, Depth		1	$900,000

Trades

MIN

Cirelli, Anthony [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Tampa probably adds a pick.

TBL

Brodin, Jonas ($2,000,000 retained)
Greenway, Jordan [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Brodin agrees to the typical Tampa under market extension with a full NMC that will fix their problem next season, but further complicate their issue later. They also can now trade Sergachev. Greenway helps them fill out their roster on a cheap 2 year deal.

Buyouts

Devan Dubnyk: $2,666,666

Retained Salary Transactions

Jonas Brodin: $2,000,000 (48%)

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	$83,500,000	$75,516,090	$0	$0	$7,983,910

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Fiala, Kevin $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
Kaprizov, Kirill $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Cirelli, Anthony $7,500,000$7,500,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Kunin, Luke $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, C RFA - 2
Parise, Zach $7,538,462$7,538,462 LW NMC UFA - 5	Eriksson Ek, Joel $1,487,500$1,487,500 C UFA - 1	Donato, Ryan $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1
Foligno, Marcus $2,875,000$2,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $950,000$950,000 C UFA - 2	Hartman, Ryan $1,900,000$1,900,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Suter, Ryan $7,538,462$7,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 5	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Stalock, Alex $785,000$785,000 G UFA - 2
Soucy, Carson $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA - 3	Kähkönen, Kaapo $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2
Hunt, Brad $700,000$700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Pateryn, Greg $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rask, Victor $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2
Defenseman, Depth $900,000$900,000
Forward, Depth $900,000$900,000

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

zk97

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Stalock the starter?!

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:06 p.m.

Dan10900

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Quoting: MaxDomi13

Stalock the starter?!

Dubnyk is terrible

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Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

JayTea

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Quoting: MaxDomi13

Stalock the starter?!

Him or Kahkonen, whoever has a better camp I guess. They could go sign a veteran short term to buy Kahkonen some time too I guess.

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:10 p.m.

csick

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Draft Askarov

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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Quoting: csick

Draft Askarov

They're currently in a WC spot, they won't be in the lottery if it stays that way...

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:22 p.m.

jasalex

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Tampa declines. As you mentioned we already have Sergechev, Hedman and McDonah on the lefty side.

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:27 p.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Only Tampa can give Cirelli 8 years, So unless it's a sign and trade Minny can only do 7 years. And no way is Cirelli worth $7.5 million per. Perhaps $6 million per but $7.5 million is way too much.

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Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:31 p.m.

JayTea

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Quoting: jasalex

Tampa declines. As you mentioned we already have Sergechev, Hedman and McDonah on the lefty side.

Cool story, guessing you didn't read the part where I said unlikely to happen and this is my fantasy world where Tampa is forced to part with players they can't afford to sign due to their past NTCs coming back to haunt them?

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:41 p.m.

jasalex

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Quoting: JayTea

No I did not, sorry. I do not think Tampa gets away this summer with theft. I see offer sheets for Serg around 6.5 and Cirelli around 5.5. Cernack is probably safe with a bridge at 2.8 same as Carlo on the bruins. Getting NTC players at 5 million plus trtaded a real problem. No one will do TB any favors. We will have to give assets to move and put something in the player's drink for them to sign off.

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:44 p.m.

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ZiggyPalffy

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

They're currently in a WC spot, they won't be in the lottery if it stays that way...

He is projected around 15-20th overall last I checked. 1st round exit might put them in the ball park, but even then would he even be close to NHL ready? With the cap ceiling possibly going up to 88.2M they might be able to sign Holtby.

Mar. 9, 2020 at 12:53 p.m.

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Boomer125

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I like the concept and the Brodin to Tampa for Ciereli, not sure why you paid him so much money, if you have aquired him do a 3-5 year deal at 4/5 million

Mar. 9, 2020 at 1:41 p.m.

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JayTea

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Quoting: Boomer125

I like the concept and the Brodin to Tampa for Ciereli, not sure why you paid him so much money, if you have aquired him do a 3-5 year deal at 4/5 million

Wasn't meant to be accurate, that's why I asked what would he be worth on a long term deal.

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