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What Lou should do - My thoughts

Created by: Hockeygoalie53

Team: 2020-21 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 1, 2020

Published: Oct. 1, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Ok, so the team as is, is pretty damn good. They made it to the ECF this year and were 2 wins away from an SCF appearance. Lou's job this offseason should be to work on off loading some of the big contracts (Boychuk, Ladd, Leddy (not a CAP dump), etc), signing the big 3 RFA's and bringing in a scorer to play with Barzy.

Off Loading Contracts - As stated above, this team is good and should be good for a number of years. Given that thought, the Isles should use their 1st round picks in 2021 and 2022 to off load Boychuk and Ladd, at least. Rational is, the Isles picks in those years should be in the bottom of the first round, ideally 25-32, and those picks very rarely pan out. Those picks however, might be useful to a team that's rebuilding and have CAP space. The Isles prospect pool should be deep enough to offset no 1st rounders the next 3 years.

RFA Signings:

Barzal - Lou gets him to agree to a 3 year bridge deal, with the promise of a bigger deal once the CAP goes up again and contracts come off the books. A 3 year deal also makes Barzal an RFA when the contract is up and not a UFA. Deal is 3yrs at 6.5m (less than Point got).

Pulock - Coming off a bridge deal already, he gets signed long term. Something along the lines of 7-8 years at 5.5-6m per season.

Toews - Gets a 2 year bridge deal similar to what Pulock got, 2yrs x 2m.

Signings:

Martin gets brought back on a cheaper deal; 2yrs at 1m per.

Greene - gets brought back as 7th D to mentor Dobson and Aho; 1yr 1m.

Hall - This is the big scorer. He wants to win and is willing to take a short term deal for a contender. He's played with Eberle in EDM and played under Lou in NJ. Signs a 1yr 7-8m deal to try and win a cup.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Adams, Collin	3	$750,000
Bibeau, Felix	3	$750,000
Cockerill, Logan	3	$750,000
Coskey, Cole	3	$750,000
Golyshev, Anatoly	3	$750,000
Mirageas, Ben	3	$750,000
Newkirk, Reece	3	$750,000
Salo, Robin	3	$750,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Aho, Sebastian	2	$800,000
Barzal, Mathew	3	$6,500,000
Burroughs, Kyle	1	$700,000
Ho-Sang, Joshua	1	$900,000
Hutton, Grant	2	$850,000
Pulock, Ryan	8	$6,000,000
Toews, Devon	2	$2,000,000
Vande Sompel, Mitch	2	$750,000
Wotherspoon, Parker	2	$750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Coreau, Jared	1	$750,000
Gibson, Christopher	1	$750,000
Greene, Andy	1	$1,000,000
Martin, Matt	2	$1,000,000
Hall, Taylor	1	$7,000,000

Trades

NYI

2020 2nd round pick (VAN)
2021 5th round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Kings need an LHD and Leddy gives them a guy who can play top pair minutes with Doughty. Kings take on Komarov and get JHS as a sweetener.

LAK

Additional Details:

Isles move Leddy for a 2nd round pick this year and use Leddy's value plus JHS to move Komarov.

NYI

2021 6th round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

NJ agrees to take Ladds contract in exchange for Wilde, a top D prospect and a future 1st round pick

NJD

Ladd, Andrew
Wilde, Bode
2021 1st round pick (NYI)

Additional Details:

NY uses Wilde (have Pulock, Mayfield and Dobson on the right side) and a future first to move out Ladd's contract.

NYI

2021 5th round pick (EDM)
2022 4th round pick (OTT)

Additional Details:

OTT makes this deal to get prospects and another 1st round pick for their rebuild. They also need CAP to reach the floor. JB is only owed 5.75m over the next 2 years in actual money and TH is only owed 3.75 in actual money over the next 2 years. OTT gets high CAP hits for little actual dollars.

OTT

Additional Details:

Lou calls up his friend in OTT to move out Boychuk and Hickey along with futures.

Buyouts

Rick DiPietro: $0

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$75,288,334	$0	$1,075,000	$6,211,666

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW UFA - 1	Barzal, Mathew $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Eberle, Jordan $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW NTC UFA - 4
Lee, Anders $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW NTC UFA - 6	Nelson, Brock $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 5	Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 4
Beauvillier, Anthony $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Pageau, Jean-Gabriel $5,000,000$5,000,000 C NTC UFA - 6	Wahlstrom, Oliver $894,167$894,167 ($537,500$538K) RW RFA - 3
Martin, Matt $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Cizikas, Casey $3,350,000$3,350,000 C UFA - 1	Clutterbuck, Cal $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW UFA - 2
Johnston, Ross $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW UFA - 2		Dal Colle, Michael $700,000$700,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pelech, Adam $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Pulock, Ryan $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Varlamov, Semyon $5,000,000$5,000,000 G NTC UFA - 3
Toews, Devon $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Mayfield, Scott $1,450,000$1,450,000 RD UFA - 3	Sorokin, Ilya $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Aho, Sebastian $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 2	Dobson, Noah $894,167$894,167 ($537,500$538K) RD RFA - 2
Greene, Andy $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.

Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

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Devils trade is horrible for NYI

Isles777 liked this.

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.

palhal

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Ottawa does need to get to the cap floor by taking on unwanted contracts. Both Boychuk and Ladd have NTCs that can use so they won't be traded to cap rich, but poor teams.
Kings might take those players....but aren't giving up anything for them. They can spend 9.5m better on UFAs.

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:16 a.m.

villenash

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Assuming all of this works, why does Barzal take a bridge deal now that you have over $6m in cap space for him to sign a long-term deal? And I find it hard to believe that Toews would agree to $2m -- sure he may agree to a bridge deal (which may not be good for NYI as he'd be a UFA when it's over), then it would be at least $3m. And Hall signing a 1 year deal at below market value? Not buying it.

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.

Isles777

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Hall doesn’t sign for that and having no 1st round picks for the next 3 years would be a disaster

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

Devil

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Devils accept

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:50 a.m.

Hockeygoalie53

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Quoting: Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

Devils trade is horrible for NYI

I realize that, I just have a feeling it's going to take a ton to move Ladd. The Prospect and/or pick can be adjusted accordingly... this is just the framework of a deal. Maybe something Like Ladd, lesser D prospect and the 1st?

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:53 a.m.

Hockeygoalie53

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Quoting: palhal

Ladd was willing to waive his NTC clause for MN and may be willing to move it for regular playing time in OTT rather than Bridgeport. Boychuk is the tougher one, but he is from Canada, so OTT may not be a stretch for him to waive.

As for the Kings, Leddy is the prize of the deal. He's a top 4 LHD which LA needs. The picks can be adjusted is need be... Maybe a 3rd and a 6th?

Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:57 a.m.

Hockeygoalie53

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Quoting: villenash

Quoting: Isles777

Hall doesn’t sign for that and having no 1st round picks for the next 3 years would be a disaster

It has been stated that Hall is looking to win a cup over dollars. He has familiarity with the Metro area, Lou and Eberle. Plus the Isles were within 2 wins of the cup this year and he gets to play with Barzal. I wouldn't say it's a stretch for him to take a one year deal with the Isles to try and win a cup and then sign a bigger deal or extension with them.

As for Toews, I forgot he has arb rights, so yes, the AAV would need to be higher. Maybe with the extra CAP space they sign him long term... something in the Girard range 6-7years at 4-5m?

The Barzal deal gets signed early in the offseason to avoid any offer sheet attempts, plus allows the longer term deals on Pulock and Toews.

Oct. 1, 2020 at 12:13 p.m.

villenash

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Quoting: Hockeygoalie53

I don't see any big name players taking 1-year deals. They may take $$ discounts, but I don't think they will on term. Covid will have a big effect on this free agency where I think people are going to want to stay in one place and not have to worry about moving in a year. There is still a lot of uncertainty with the season, so I think they'll want to at least have some certainty with where they will be living for a while.

Oct. 1, 2020 at 2:38 p.m.

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gortonsfishsticks27

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If Lou can convince Barzal that taking 6.5 for 3 years is to his benefit then he should stop managing hockey teams and go broker peace deals in the middle east instead.

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