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Created by: Christian17

Team: 2021-22 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 15, 2021

Published: Dec. 15, 2021

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The Ducks could very well make the playoffs this season, and although they've been playing better than VGK, EDM, and SJ this year I don't think it's realistic for the franchise to try to contend this season. And they can't afford to just walk away from real good assets in Rakell, Manson, and Lindholm, and save maybe Lindholm, their contract windows don't fit the Ducks contending window.

With these trades the Ducks three low first-round picks, while improving their current forward depth and greatly depleting their defensive depth. With this roster they could probably make it into the playoffs as a wild card, however, they would likely be ousted quickly if they faced one of CGY, VGK, MIN, or COL. And they can afford to keep on Monahan and Dadonov's big contracts next season as they likely won't have any big signings increases besides Milano, Lundy, and Liljegren's increases which should be around 9M combined. This leaves them with approximately 6M-7M to sign an LD placeholder until Mahura, Benoit, Zellweger or Thrun become tenable in the top 4. That could very well be Lindholm if he wants to come back to ANA and sign a 2-year deal where he has ample opportunity to rack up some points with a likely improved ANA offense and then cash in with his 30s contract.

Trades

ANA

Dadonov, Evgeni
2022 2nd round pick (VGK)

VGK

Deslauriers, Nicolas

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I am literally basing this trade solely on what I saw on Vegas Armchair GMs. Ducks can afford to have his 5M on the books for next year.

ANA

DeBrusk, Jake
2022 1st round pick (BOS)
2022 3rd round pick (CGY)

BOS

Rakell, Rickard ($1,894,722 retained)
Steel, Sam

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Rakell is on pace for 30 goals, with an already awesome contract and retention.

ANA

Monahan, Sean
2022 1st round pick (CGY)
2022 2nd round pick (FLA)

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I see Monahan as a negative value with the contract, basing this off Flames Armchair GM teams and his obviously bad stats all around for his contract.

CGY

DeBrusk, Jake
Manson, Josh ($2,050,000 retained)

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Manson I think can get a low 1st, especially if Chiarot is commanding that. Manson is much better than Chiarot.

The retention plus Debrusk and taking away Monahan's next year gets the 2nd rounder which will likely be as good as a 3rd round pick.

ANA

Liljegren, Timothy
2022 1st round pick (TOR)

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Toronto needs to get serious about winning a Cup. This move gives them probably the best defense in the East once Sandin gets back.

Rielly-Brodie
Lindholm-Sandin
Muzzin-Dermott/Holl

TOR

Lindholm, Hampus ($2,600,000 retained)

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Lindholm is a top 2 D man on most teams. I saw lots of Leafs fans asking for Manson, but Lindholm is a lot better than Manson. Manson is a top 4 Dman, but Lindholm can take a really bad defensive partner and make him look good. I'm looking at you Holl, or one of him or Sandin can move to the right side.

I'm aware Liliegren has played well this season, but these are the types of moves that you need to make if you want to win a Cup.

Buyouts

Corey Perry: $2,000,000
Simon Despres: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Rickard Rakell: $1,894,722 (76.92%)
Josh Manson: $2,050,000 (100%)
Hampus Lindholm: $2,600,000 (99.89%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$60,705,096	$0	$3,682,500	$20,794,904

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Milano, Sonny $1,700,000$1,700,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 2	Dadonov, Evgeni $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 3	Getzlaf, Ryan $3,000,000$3,000,000 ($1,500,000$2M) C NMC UFA - 1	Terry, Troy $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW UFA - 2
Comtois, Maxime $2,037,500$2,037,500 LW RFA - 2	Monahan, Sean $6,375,000$6,375,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Silfverberg, Jakob $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Jones, Max $1,295,000$1,295,000 LW, RW RFA - 3	Lundeström, Isac $874,125$874,125 C, LW RFA - 1	Carrick, Sam $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 5	Drysdale, Jamie $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 6
Mahura, Josh $750,000$750,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Shattenkirk, Kevin $3,900,000$3,900,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Stolarz, Anthony $950,000$950,000 G UFA - 2
Benoit, Simon $809,166$809,166 ($82,500$82K) LD UFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Grant, Derek $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, C UFA - 2		Kesler, Ryan $6,875,000$6,875,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Robinson, Buddy $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1
Larsson, Jacob $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Dostal, Lukas $822,500$822,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($132,500$132K) G RFA - 2

Dec. 15, 2021 at 3:45 a.m.

Byrr

Joined: Jul. 2019

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Why is Anaheim rebuilding again? They are 1st in the Pacific right now.

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Dec. 15, 2021 at 3:50 a.m.

Christian17

Thread Starter

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 473

Likes: 72

If CGY fans say they don't need Manson because they have Tanev there, I hate to break it to you but he is due for an injury. The guy missed 50% of his games due to injury from 2015-2019. Also, even if he's healthy then you can bench Gudbranson and have incredible D depth for the playoffs with:

Hanifin-Andersson
Kylington-Tanev/Manson
Valimaki-Tanev/Manson
Zadorov-Gudbranson

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Dec. 15, 2021 at 3:57 a.m.

Christian17

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Quoting: Byrr

Why is Anaheim rebuilding again? They are 1st in the Pacific right now.

Well, I guess it's more of a retool. Management seems to recognize that the Ducks aren't going to be contending for a Cup this year as Solomon said they are still in a rebuild. With valuable core players going to UFA status, this current conglomeration of the Ducks isn't worth trying to keep together given the age of the pieces.

Losing these pieces will definitely hurt them competing this year but it will set them up to really succeed when McTavish, Perrault, Zellweger, Thrun, and Pastujov break into the roster. It's not about just being in the playoffs, it's about setting up a team that can win within Zegras and Drysdale's primes. However, with the pieces still on the team, and players coming back from injury, I think this Ducks roster could still make the playoffs beating out one of SJ, WPG or NSH for a wild card spot.

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Dec. 15, 2021 at 4:53 a.m.

Alfie11

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 9,527

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that trade literally makes calgary worse today, and we're paying a 1st+2nd for the privilege? get lost

Dec. 15, 2021 at 9:31 a.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 41,693

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I think that we'll succeed in re-signing Hampus.

If Monahan is someone we need, andI'm not convinced, I think we'd need to add and I don't think that we'd be getting the draft picks back. I understand that Flames fans are currently down on Monahan, but he's still a serviceable top-6 center.

Dec. 15, 2021 at 11:37 a.m.

Mulicked

Tyler Mulek

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 324

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What would you want to see from Edmonton to land Rakell, Steel and Manson?

22 - 1st, 23 - 1st, Yamo, Kassian, b prospect/Mid round pick? just trying to gauge based off what you are acquiring from CGY/BOS

Dec. 16, 2021 at 1:31 a.m.

Christian17

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Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 473

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

I saw a bunch of Calgary fans proposing Debrusk for Monahan one for one on here, hence the trade. I don't think Boston makes that trade because of how bad Monahan is compared to his contract and the extra year on it.

Hence why I think this trade works. It's not a trade to acquire Monahan it's a trade to get picks, Monahan is just the body that comes with them.

Dec. 16, 2021 at 1:33 a.m.

Christian17

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Quoting: Mulicked

Yea probably something similar to that.

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