Best possible case for a Kuznetsov Trade

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Created by: brady_t12

Team: 2021-22 Washington Capitals

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 4, 2021

Published: Jul. 4, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Assume we get a small bidding war on Kuznetsov. Seattle, Florida, Anaheim, Vegas, and Columbus have supposedly all been linked to Kuzy. Maybe that bumps the price a little bit since teams realize we don't have to trade him and he's the best center available not named Jack this offseason?

I think this might be a slight overpay by Vegas, but I truly do not think it is astronomically far off. This is assuming there is a bidding war and Vegas wants to add Kuznetsov bad enough because they think he's the last missing piece for a cup run.

This sets us up for a future center core of Lapierre-McMichael-Glass-Protas, and it wouldn't surprise me to see one or two of those guys move to the wing if they all happen to be top 6 material. That would majorly help out our issue of not having enough high-end winger prospects.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Samsonov, Ilya		3	$2,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Ovechkin, Alex		4	$9,200,000

Trades

WSH

Glass, Cody
Smith, Reilly
2021 4th round pick (WPG)
2022 1st round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

2022 1st is a huge piece to add here. That draft is deep as hell. Also add a late pick in the 2021 draft since we're missing our first and could maybe add a goalie, RHD, or winger prospect with it. We've had some luck drafting goalies and defensemen in later rounds.

Smith didn't have a great season, so that helps even out the salary a little. Glass is also a nice add because we need a young roster player.

VGK

Johansen, Lucas [RFA Rights]
Kuznetsov, Evgeny

WSH

SEA

Schultz, Justin
2021 3rd round pick (ARI)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$71,526,261	$472,927	$982,500	$9,973,739

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Oshie, T.J. $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 4
Ovechkin, Alex $9,200,000$9,200,000 LW UFA - 5	Glass, Cody $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C, RW RFA - 1	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Sheary, Conor $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,415,000$2,415,000 C UFA - 2	Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Hathaway, Garnet $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Dowd, Nic $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Sprong, Daniel $725,000$725,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fehérváry, Martin $791,667$791,667 ($132,500$132K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 5	Samsonov, Ilya $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Orlov, Dmitry $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2		Vanecek, Vitek $716,667$716,667 G UFA - 1
Dillon, Brenden $3,900,000$3,900,000 LD UFA - 3	Jensen, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 2
	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Hagelin, Carl $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2
Kempný, Michal $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 1
Sgarbossa, Michael $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 2

Jul. 4, 2021 at 2:39 a.m.

krzyk0

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I feel like Vegas might be the worst city for Kuznetsov play in.

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Jul. 4, 2021 at 2:49 a.m.

brady_t12

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Quoting: krzyk0

I feel like Vegas might be the worst city for Kuznetsov play in.

If this is about the coke stuff, it’s so overblown. Pun not intended.

But really, Vegas is a legit cup contender. Kuzy Karlsson Stephenson down the middle is going to make them a legitimate threat. Kuznetsov is going to shine with a guy like Stone, for sure.

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Jul. 4, 2021 at 3:05 a.m.

Theozler

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I’d think about it, if he gets back I. Track he definitely solves the 1c issue at way lest cost than eichel

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