Random Buffalo trades part 1

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Created by: kinghv93

Team: 2020-21 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 18, 2020

Published: Jun. 14, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I saw this trade posed by a Sabres fan and wanted to see what Kings fans thought. I am not endorsing this trade, but I saw this and wanted to see what it would look like for the kings. Losing out on two-thirds of our top line, we add a defenseman who definitely could use a break from all that is Buffalo and we give a young center who was once a top 10 prospect a fresh start with no pressure to become a scoring sensation overnight.

Inspired by csick’s post “Big Trades” Under the Buffalo Sabres armchair GM section

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Walker, Sean	2	$2,000,000
Luff, Matt	1	$725,000
Grundström, Carl	1	$850,000
Wagner, Austin	1	$925,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	1	$950,000

Trades

LAK

Mittelstadt, Casey [RFA Rights]
Ristolainen, Rasmus
2021 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Brown, Dustin ($2,350,000 retained)
Iafallo, Alex
2020 4th round pick (CGY)

Buyouts

Dion Phaneuf: $4,062,500

Retained Salary Transactions

Dustin Brown: $2,350,000 (40%)

Termination Fees

Mike Richards: $700,000
Ilya Kovalchuk: $6,250,000

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
22	$81,500,000	$61,635,530	$0	$2,840,000	$19,864,470

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kempe, Adrian $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Carter, Jeff $2,636,364$2,636,364 RW, C UFA - 2
Grundström, Carl $850,000$850,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Vilardi, Gabriel $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, C RFA - 2	Frk, Martin $725,000$725,000 RW UFA - 2
Anderson-Dolan, Jaret $747,500$747,500 ($182,500$182K) C, LW, RW RFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $950,000$950,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Amadio, Michael $700,000$700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Moore, Trevor $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Lizotte, Blake $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1	Wagner, Austin $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
		Luff, Matt $725,000$725,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 2	Doughty, Drew $11,000,000$11,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Quick, Jonathan $2,900,000$2,900,000 G UFA - 3
		Petersen, Cal $858,333$858,333 G UFA - 2
Anderson, Michael $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 2	Roy, Matt $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1
Clague, Kale $761,666$761,666 ($107,500$108K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Walker, Sean $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4
MacDermid, Kurtis $875,000$875,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 2

Jun. 14, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,318

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I think that Rasmus Ristolainen is one of the most divisive players in the NHL, in the sense that half of us think he's worth a lot and half of us think he's worth less (pun intended). This, and similar trades involving Adam Henrique or another Anaheim forward, depend upon your evaluation of RR.

If you think he's as good as, say, David Savard, then you like this trade. If you think he's the functional equivalent of Cody Ceci or Nikita Zaitsev, you don't.

Jun. 14, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

Posts: 4,928

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Risto if something does not play LD, and your team seems to need more LD than RD. Also I doubt Brown would want go to Buffalo.

Jun. 14, 2020 at 7:59 p.m.

Lakingsfan352

Joined: Sep. 2019

Posts: 14

Likes: 6

The only way i see Brown going to Buffalo is to play in front of his hometown(Ithaca NY almost 3 hours from Buffalo) before he retires, but it is a long shot cuz i can see him pulls a Jumbo Joe route.

Jun. 14, 2020 at 9:43 p.m.

Elevatorboy

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 591

Likes: 208

Buffalo passes.

Jun. 15, 2020 at 12:56 p.m.

kinghv93

Thread Starter

Lifelong Kings Fan

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 45

Likes: 21

Quoting: OldNYIfan

I like Risto, but this trade just seems weird. It feels like neither team really gets better with this trade. It’s like scooping water out of one end of the pool and dumping it into another

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Jun. 15, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

kinghv93

Thread Starter

Lifelong Kings Fan

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 45

Likes: 21

Quoting: SalamiCheese

Risto if something does not play LD, and your team seems to need more LD than RD. Also I doubt Brown would want go to Buffalo.

Was just picking brains of Kings fans because I’ve been seeing a lot of Buffalo-LA trades being proposed on arm GM, and this one is a little more realistic than Eichel to LA for the entire farm

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