Modest Improvements via Kessel and Dadonov

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Initial Creation Date: Dec. 20, 2021

Published: Dec. 20, 2021

Team: 2021-22 Arizona Coyotes

Team Explanation

I put six UFAs I think Arizona won't re-sign on the LTIR list, to give a picture of what the roster for next season is shaping up like and explain why the Coyotes would be interested in acquiring Dadonov -- without him, they'll have a hard time reaching the cap floor, and he's signed for only one more season. Obviously, except for Jaskin, they would fill out the roster for the rest of this season. (The premise here is that Jack Eichel is ready to go before the playoffs and Las Vegas wants him to become familiar with his potential linemates and teammates before then, so the Golden Knights deal Dadonov to make room for him.)

The difference between a future second and an even more future fourth is about what I think Kessel is worth as a rental, assuming he'd like to take one more shot at the Stanley Cup.

Trades

ARI

Dadonov, Evgeni

VGK

Boyd, Travis
Jeník, Jan

ARI

2023 2nd round pick (NYR)

NYR

Kessel, Phil
2024 4th round pick (ARI)

Buyouts

Michael Grabner: $1,258,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Oliver Ekman-Larsson: $990,000 (12%)
Darcy Kuemper: $1,000,000 (22%)
Johan Larsson: $700,000 (50%)

DRAFT YEAR	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
20	$81,500,000	$55,651,951	$196,951	$2,315,000	$25,848,049

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Ladd, Andrew $5,500,000 LW NTC UFA - 2	Schmaltz, Nick $5,850,000 C, RW UFA - 5	Keller, Clayton $7,150,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Crouse, Lawson $1,533,333 LW RFA - 1	Larsson, Johan $700,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Dadonov, Evgeni $5,000,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 2
Galchenyuk, Alex $750,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Hayton, Barrett $894,167 C, LW RFA - 1	Fischer, Christian $1,000,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
O'Brien, Liam $750,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Speers, Blake $750,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Gostisbehere, Shayne $4,500,000 LD UFA - 2	Strålman, Anton $5,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 1	Vejmelka, Karel $842,500 G UFA - 1
Moser, Janis $886,667 LD RFA - 3	Lyubushkin, Ilya $1,350,000 RD UFA - 1	Wedgewood, Scott $825,000 G UFA - 1
Capobianco, Kyle $775,000 LD RFA - 1	Mayo, Dysin $750,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Dineen, Cam $750,000 LD RFA - 1	Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Eriksson, Loui $6,000,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 1
	Timmins, Conor $850,000 RD RFA - 2	Jaskin, Dmitrij $3,200,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 1
		Beagle, Jay $3,000,000 C NTC UFA - 1
		Roussel, Antoine $3,000,000 LW NTC UFA - 1
		Dzingel, Ryan $1,100,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
		Hutton, Carter $750,000 G UFA - 1

Dec. 20, 2021 at 4:24 p.m.

Sicksi

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Jenik is off limits for AZ, he's one of their best prospects

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Dec. 20, 2021 at 4:28 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: Sicksi

Jenik is off limits for AZ, he's one of their best prospects

Thanks for the insight. I thought he was behind Guenther, Doan, Maccelli and Fedotov in the general scheme of things, thus expendable, but he does seem to be their #1 prospect at center.

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Dec. 20, 2021 at 4:32 p.m.

migsahoy

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Vegas accepts but maybe swap jenik with a 4th

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Dec. 20, 2021 at 4:37 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: migsahoy

Vegas accepts but maybe swap jenik with a 4th

Thanks. I was floating these trades as a prelude to constructing a 2022-2023 roster for Arizona, which is difficult to do with the lack of guys under contract for next season and the shortfall to the cap minimum.

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Dec. 20, 2021 at 4:49 p.m.

mm1010

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Quoting: migsahoy

Vegas accepts but maybe swap jenik with a 4th

Quoting: OldNYIfan

not sure why ARZ is paying at all.... VGK will be 10 million over the salary cap teams know that and will hold that against them hard. They will give players away or have to pay to get out of cap hell. no one is going to do them any favors

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: mm1010

Very possibly true . . . look what Las Vegas got for Marc-Anthony Fleury, who was clearly worth more.

My thinking was that Arizona needs Dadonov in 2022-2023 just as much as the Golden Knights need to get rid of him in 2022, and LV has alternatives whereas Arizona doesn't.

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:12 p.m.

Yotes269

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

If you’re floating ideas look towards a youth movement for
About 4 of the forward slots, which jenik is definitely apart of, and then look around the league to who needs to move cap. JVR in Philly, Barrie and kassian in Edmonton, possibly zaitsev or Murray if Ottawa doesn’t want to pay them, mrazek or Ritchie. We’ve got a lot of room to absorb contracts for picks while simultaneously promoting our youth

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: Yotes269

If you’re floating ideas look towards a youth movement for about 4 of the forward slots, which Jenik is definitely a part of, and then look around the league to who needs to move cap. JVR in Philly, Barrie and Kassian in Edmonton, possibly Zaitsev or Murray if Ottawa doesn’t want to pay them, Mrazek or Ritchie. We’ve got a lot of room to absorb contracts for picks while simultaneously promoting our youth

Who do you see likely to be promoted next season? Maccelli? Jenik? I think that it's a little early for Guenther, and Doan isn't even signed yet. Do you think that Speers will stick?

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:35 p.m.

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Who do you see likely to be promoted next season? Maccelli? Jenik? I think that it's a little early for Guenther, and Doan isn't even signed yet. Do you think that Speers will stick?

McCartney, maccelli, jenik, and guenther. I expect Wright or savoie to be brought in right away to grow with DG

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:36 p.m.

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Skyraider112

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No point in acquiring Dadonov unless its to flip him for more than you got him for. Also Beagle will probably be moved at TDL. I wouldn't be surprised if Washington was interested for him with 50% retention

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:51 p.m.

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OldNYIfan

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Quoting: Skyraider112

No point in acquiring Dadonov unless it's to flip him for more than you got him for. Also, Beagle will probably be moved at TDL. I wouldn't be surprised if Washington was interested in him with 50% retention

Without Dadonov, their basic roster next year totals less than $52 million, and as I said in my Team Explanation, what free agents are going to sign with Arizona to make up the difference?

Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

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dilldoughs

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I can understand your logic here, but think Dadonov's NTC could create some issues. An option for ARI is at least offering to retain his salary and flipping him elsewhere. This adds to their salary cap next year, and also would net them some assets.

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Dec. 20, 2021 at 7:31 p.m.

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Quoting: dilldoughs

Yeah, I confess I completely overlooked the NTC, because even if it's a three-team trade list, I bet I can list one of the teams.

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Dec. 20, 2021 at 9:26 p.m.

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MisstheWhalers

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Vegas might have to pay to dump Dadonov, no way Arizona is giving one of their better prospects for him.

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Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:28 p.m.

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Without Dadonov, their basic roster next year totals less than $52 million, and as I said in my Team Explanation, what free agents are going to sign with Arizona to make up the difference?

Guys nearing retirement who want to keep playing but are barely good enough to. Arizona can overpay them too. They could also go out and acquire cap dump contracts that they wouldn't have to pay for

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