NYR with Lafreniere -- Eichel blockbuster to satisfy need at C

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Created by: Dizz30

Team: 2020-21 New York Rangers

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 11, 2020

Published: Aug. 11, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The Rangers apparently believe they need another high-end center to complement Zibanejad. I think that's true. I don't think they see Strome as that player.

I count 3 elite centers on troubled or rebuilding teams who therefore might be available: Eichel, Barkov and Kopitar. Barkov might be the best fit because the Rangers are looking for size, but of course Eichel is the most talented. Kopitar is 32 and has an unwieldy contract.

I think the big question is how much material the Rangers would have to trade to acquire Eichel or Barkov. BUF fans, do you think that Buchnevich, Strome, Chytil, Andersson and 2 1st's would be enough? Ideally BUF would keep Eichel but as everybody knows, that organization is in a state of civil war -- the organization itself must be repaired before they can fix things on the ice.

Yes, the below projection is over the cap, but that leaves the question of Lundqvist, who could (A) retire, (B) be traded or (C) be bought out. All three of these options would make up for the remaining $1.3 million.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lemieux, Brendan	2	$1,500,000
Deangelo, Anthony	2	$5,000,000
Georgiev, Alexandar	2	$2,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Fast, Jesper		5	$2,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lafreniere, Alexis		3	$925,000

Trades

NYR

Eichel, Jack ($1,850,000 retained)
2022 3rd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Andersson, Lias
Buchnevich, Pavel
Chytil, Filip
Smith, Brendan
Strome, Ryan [RFA Rights]
2020 1st round pick (CAR)
2021 1st round pick (NYR)

Buyouts

Kevin Shattenkirk: $6,083,333
Dan Girardi: $1,111,111
Ryan Spooner: $300,000
Brad Richards: $0

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	$75,797,300	$0	$8,862,500	$5,702,700

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 6	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Kreider, Chris $6,500,000$6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 7
Lafreniere, Alexis $925,000$925,000	Eichel, Jack $8,150,000$8,150,000 C UFA - 6	Kakko, Kaapo $925,000$925,000 ($2,650,000$3M) RW RFA - 2
Kravtsov, Vitali $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Howden, Brett $863,333$863,333 C, LW UFA - 1	Fast, Jesper $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW UFA - 3
Lemieux, Brendan $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Barron, Morgan $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Gauthier, Julien $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lindgren, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 1	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2	Shesterkin, Igor $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) G UFA - 1
Miller, K'Andre $925,000$925,000 ($300,000$300K) LD RFA - 3	Trouba, Jacob $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Georgiev, Alexandar $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2
Staal, Marc $5,700,000$5,700,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Deangelo, Anthony $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Lundqvist, Henrik $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Hájek, Libor $833,333$833,333 LD UFA - 1

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

Bdawwwgy1

CbjSabresDucks

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not enough

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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BUF ain't retaining on Eichel's salary.

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Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:45 p.m.

Jambo

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Wait until Staal and Smith clear. Eichel may have requested a trade officially by then and his price will drop into a somewhat reasonable price range

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Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

Book_Hockey

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Quoting: Jambo

Wait until Staal and Smith clear. Eichel may have requested a trade officially by then and his price will drop into a somewhat reasonable price range

lmao

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Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:48 p.m.

Kyle_Davidson

Kyle from Chicago

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Maybe if Botterill was still GM.

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:48 p.m.

Dizz30

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What do BUF fans think WOULD be enough for Eichel? In your place, I wouldn't want to trade him at all, which might make me feel that nothing is enough. But the organization is in a state where they might make such a deal anyway.

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.

Kotkaniemi15

Former Hockey Fan

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You’re over the cap, and that trade is horrible for the Sabres.

Edit: NVM, didn’t read the description. Still a horrible trade though.

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:50 p.m.

Timmah007

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This is going to feel weird to say because 99% of eichel trades I feel are overpayments on this site but I don’t see a real centrepiece in that deal. I’m not going to call them scraps they aren’t but don’t have anything really grabbing attention out of it.

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

CARBONNEAU21

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Eichel would definitely cost you the 2020 1st overall and a goalie. Players like that don't come cheap. But, the big BUT is, you could get away with that.

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Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:55 p.m.

#10

McRanteskog

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Quality > Quantity
Deal starts with 1st OA

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Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:56 p.m.

#11

Lsendel3

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You can’t have a cap dump in smith and retention and believe there’s anything short of an overpayment at that point. That’s silly.
Counter:
Mika (1M retained) + 22 3rd for Okposo, Pilut, Miller, mitts, Kahun, 8OA, 21 2nd
See how dumb that sounds.

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:59 p.m.

#12

Lsendel3

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Quoting: Timmah007

I see 4 pieces that are scraps in a trade for Eichel, and the other 3 would be more of the sweetener variety.

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Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:59 p.m.

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A_K

Lets Go Blues

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Quoting: McRanteskog

Quality > Quantity
Deal starts with 1st OA

Quoting: MTLLPNY

Eichel would definitely cost you the 2020 1st overall and a goalie. Players like that don't come cheap. But, the big BUT is, you could get away with that.

I was thinking about this earlier... if Eichel demanded a trade (probably not happening), would there be any interest from either side in trading Eichel for 1st oa and Trouba (to balance cap)? It's not a deal that would realistically go down because those 1st overalls are just impossible to trade, but I really think NY would win that and BUF would at least have a piece to be happy with if they had to get rid of Jack...

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Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

#14

Timmah007

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Hmmm

Quoting: Lsendel3

I see 4 pieces that are scraps in a trade for Eichel, and the other 3 would be more of the sweetener variety.

Ya I was trying to be more polite these days. Haha

Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

#15

TheWhiteWhale

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Both of your 1sts this year and Kravstov or the Sabres walk.. good shot not even be enough there either

Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:15 p.m.

#16

Lsendel3

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Quoting: Timmah007

Hmmm

Ya I was trying to be more polite these days. Haha

I just don’t see a dump going the other way (Buf) without even more on top. Which teams may need to get cap compliant. Kakko Or Laf would have to be going to Buffalo for them to consider moving Eichel. There has to be a potential star or you keep Eichel. Period.

Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:18 p.m.

#17

Timmah007

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Quoting: Lsendel3

That’s what I mean. That deal has no foundation to build off of. Kakko at least that’s a place to start.

Aug. 12, 2020 at 1:09 p.m.

#18

CharlieComp88

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i dont see BUFF trading eich unless some top tiersprospects are thrown in here: fox... miller... lundquist... and if im the NYR im keepin my youth. these high contracts aint working out to well for the BUFFS< EDM and TOR...

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