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Created by: Devil

Team: 2020-21 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 20, 2021

Published: Apr. 20, 2021

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Butcher played great today, still showing that he can still be a top 4 offensive defenseman. Sadly I don't think he'll be that offensive top 4 guy on the Devils with Ty Smith taking that role. I think he should go to the Canadiens because some logical Habs fans said that they need a puck-moving defenseman. I would say his value is between a 2nd and 3rd but the Devils could take a bad contract to increase the value.

Habs fans (some of them), stop saying "wHy sHoUlD wE tRadE fOr a guY tHaT caN'T sTaY iN ThE tOp 6"

MTL

Butcher, Will

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000
Mike Cammalleri: $1,666,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Travis Zajac: $2,875,000 (50%)
Kyle Palmieri: $2,325,000 (50%)

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$81,500,000	$61,814,956	$0	$4,312,500	$19,685,044

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 7	Studenic, Marian $775,833$775,833 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 1
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Zacha, Pavel $2,250,000$2,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Bastian, Nathan $714,166$714,166 ($132,500$132K) RW UFA - 1
Bratt, Jesper $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Hughes, Jack $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 2
Foote, Nolan $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4	Boqvist, Jesper $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 2
Maltsev, Mikhail $809,167$809,167 ($132,500$132K) C, LW UFA - 2	Merkley, Nick $874,125$874,125 RW, C UFA - 1
	McLeod, Michael $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) C RFA - 1
	Kuokkanen, Janne $811,666$811,666 ($32,500$32K) LW, C UFA - 1
	Sharangovich, Yegor $775,833$775,833 ($132,500$132K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Murray, Ryan $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Subban, P.K. $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,800,000$2,800,000 G UFA - 3
	Severson, Damon $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 3	Dell, Aaron $800,000$800,000 G UFA - 1
Smith, Ty $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) LD/RD RFA - 3	Carrick, Connor $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Wedgewood, Scott $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
Siegenthaler, Jonas $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Tennyson, Matt $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Schnarr, Nathan $786,667$786,667 ($0$0$0$0) ($107,500$108K) C UFA - 2
Street, Ben $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Cormier, Evan $718,333$718,333 ($0$0$0$0) G RFA - 1
Seney, Brett $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW UFA - 1

Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:12 p.m.

Habs4ever

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What many of these “expert” Habs seem to neglect is Butcher is an LD and Habs have the deepest LD prospects in the entire NHL with 8 LD’s on their way!

Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:16 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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I think they protect him and then deal him to team that losses a LHD to Seattle.

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Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:21 p.m.

Devil

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Quoting: Habs4ever

What many of these “expert” Habs seem to neglect is Butcher is an LD and Habs have the deepest LD prospects in the entire NHL with 8 LD’s on their way!

Are any of these prospects NHL-Ready? Butcher has one year left after this season so if he plays good, they can resign him and let go of Chairot. If not, they let him go and let one of the prospects come into the lineup

Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:24 p.m.

Devil

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

I think they protect him and then deal him to team that losses a LHD to Seattle.

I was thinking Colorado but they have bad history there. Maybe Boston, Buffalo, St. Louis or Edmonton?

I think this is where Fitz uses his 3rd retention

Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:27 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: Devil1122

I was thinking Colorado but they have bad history there. Maybe Boston, Buffalo, St. Louis or Edmonton?

I think this is where Fitz uses his 3rd retention

NYI, CAR, WAS, WPG
All depends how expansion draft goes.
Francis will start a lot of dominoes.

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Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:35 p.m.

Borocop

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

NYI, CAR, WAS, WPG
All depends how expansion draft goes.
Francis will start a lot of dominoes.

Winnipeg could be nice

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Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:36 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: Devil1122

I was thinking Colorado but they have bad history there. Maybe Boston, Buffalo, St. Louis or Edmonton?

I think this is where Fitz uses his 3rd retention

And good point on 3rd retention spot.
I also think there will be some teams short on players to expose (minimum requirements) before expansion draft. So could move Merkley and/or Butcher for those reasons too.

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Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:37 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: Borocop

Winnipeg could be nice

Swap Butcher to replace Niku (if he gets taken by Seattle)

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Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:39 p.m.

Habs4ever

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Quoting: Devil1122

1 is ready now. 1 next year, 2 the following.

Apr. 21, 2021 at 12:10 a.m.

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The problem with Butcher to MTL, he won’t play over Chiarot or Edmundson. After we have Kulak who plays good and Romanov... knowing how Bergevin and the coaches loves Chiarot, they will keep them in the top 4. In a perfect world swap Chiarot (defensive) for Butcher (offensive), but MTL wants to be hard to play against, which Butcher isn’t

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Apr. 21, 2021 at 10:21 a.m.

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Quoting: GMs

That makes sense. But what if the Devils get Chariot back in the trade

Apr. 21, 2021 at 2:17 p.m.

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Quoting: Devil1122

That makes sense. But what if the Devils get Chariot back in the trade

Here on Capfriendly we approve, but realistically Bergevin isn’t trading Chiarot for Butcher. So it’s kinda unrealistic... but yes most of us would do it

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