Keeping Lehner idea number 82

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Created by: total_knut

Team: 2020-21 Vegas Golden Knights

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 20, 2020

Published: Jul. 20, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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IF Coghlan can make a really good impression at camp this summer or IF there's a way to sign a UFA for dirt cheap (would Buff play for peanuts?), then this could potentially work. Note that Coghlan doesn't have to make the playoff roster, he just has to leave the coaches believing that he's ready for full time NHL action next year. I really like A-Mart, but we only have him for one more year and he's gone. So if we move him we gain about $3.2M that could be used to solidify our goaltending for the next 5 or 6 years.

I know some have talked about moving Flower (including me) and some have talked about moving Stastny (including me) but I think this A-Mart idea has more muscle.

Paying the goaltending position $12.75M isn't conventional but nor is having two studs as your goaltending duo.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Stephenson, Chandler		3	$1,250,000
Cousins, Nick		2	$1,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lehner, Robin		6	$5,750,000

Trades

VGK

2021 3rd round pick (WPG)

WPG

Martinez, Alec

Retained Salary Transactions

Tomas Tatar: $500,000 (9.43%)

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	$78,281,328	$285,772	$932,500	$3,218,672

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Pacioretty, Max $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Karlsson, William $5,900,000$5,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 7	Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Marchessault, Jonathan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Stastny, Paul $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Stephenson, Chandler $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Glass, Cody $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C, RW RFA - 2	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Carrier, William $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW UFA - 4	Roy, Nicolas $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Reaves, Ryan $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Theodore, Shea $5,200,000$5,200,000 LD/RD UFA - 5	Schmidt, Nate $5,950,000$5,950,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 5	Fleury, Marc-André $3,500,000$3,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
McNabb, Brayden $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 2	Whitecloud, Zach $725,000$725,000 RD UFA - 2
Hague, Nicolas $791,667$791,667 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 2	Holden, Nick $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD UFA - 2	Lehner, Robin $5,750,000$5,750,000 G UFA - 5

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Coghlan, Dylan $715,556$715,556 RD RFA - 1
Cousins, Nick $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 2

Jul. 20, 2020 at 12:29 p.m.

Salzy

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Paying someone 5.75M/7M to only play lets say every other game is a big oof

Jul. 20, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Fat chance Vegas can afford Lehner along with MAF. Realistically they don't have the cap for both. Realistically you're talking about $14 million per combined. You'd need to at least move Paul Stastny to afford to resign Lehner or move Tuch and other piece for very little salary back.

Jul. 20, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

villenash

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Lehner has talked publicly about getting paid what he deserves -- but having said that, I could see Lehner taking a discount to get more term as I think that is very important to him. However, that's a pretty big discount. He could get $7m+ in free agency with similar term.

Jul. 20, 2020 at 12:48 p.m.

MGK

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Nah no way they're moving Martinez - plus I think he can be re-signed 4mx3. He was conditioned to be more of a shut down D in LA behind Doughty and Muzzin and he's finally showing he has more offense to give.

Quoting: villenash

With the flat cap, best thing for him to do is sign 7mx3 then do 8x8 if he wants his money IMO.

Jul. 20, 2020 at 1:21 p.m.

villenash

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Quoting: MGK

With the flat cap, best thing for him to do is sign 7mx3 then do 8x8 if he wants his money IMO.

If he takes 3 years this off season, I don't think any team is going to give him 8 years when he is 32 years old.

Jul. 20, 2020 at 1:25 p.m.

MGK

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Edited Jul. 20, 2020 at 1:34 p.m.

Quoting: villenash

If he takes 3 years this off season, I don't think any team is going to give him 8 years when he is 32 years old.

3 years would take him to UFA at 30.

Either way, 7x3 then 6+ years x 8/9m is way more money for him than he'd get signing a 7 year deal now.

Jul. 20, 2020 at 1:35 p.m.

villenash

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Quoting: MGK

3 years would take him to UFA at 30.

Either way, 7x3 then 6+ years x 8/9m is way more money for him than he'd get signing a 7 year deal now.

Lehner turns 29 in 4 days...

Jul. 20, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

MGK

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Quoting: villenash

Lehner turns 29 in 4 days...

My bad. I thought he just turned 28.

villenash liked this.

Jul. 20, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.

Ducky10

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First off Buff already walked away from 6 million and will not have played a game in about 20 months while having missed about half the games the previous 12 months. He is not going to play.
Second, the Jets would be interested in discussing mr Stastny or alternatively Mr Martinez.

Jul. 20, 2020 at 3:09 p.m.

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masterjuddi

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Paying that much for a 1B goalie just doesn't make a lot of sense. Eventually the Knight will need to pay guys and need that cap space,

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