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Created by: AWhiteOreo

Team: 2022-23 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 31, 2022

Published: Mar. 31, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Pretend that Lou retires and someone who understands that there is sadly, in fact, a salary cap every year and your actions will have consequences.

Islanders have a decent core of players, a good young goalie, and some promising youth coming through. Some tweaks here and there with better cap management, they can easily finish ahead of teams like Washington next season.

TRADE LOGIC
Ottawa: Ottawa gets $3M of cap for only $1.25M more actual dollars, plus a top 9 veteran winger to help the younger guys; I have to imagine the Sens will be looking to at least be competetive next year, if not playoff contenders. Del Zotto isn't a terrible option at $2M for 1 year, plus Islanders gets some picks and clear cap space. Bailey hasn't been the same level of player the last couple years, but he's still good for 10 goals and 40 points.

Edmonton: The value on this one might be a bit off, but the skeleton makes sense. Edmonton upgrades their goaltending a lot while only paying $1.8M more (not factoring in that Koskinen's contract is done after this year). Islanders will have some more cap, retaining some money to improve the prospect and/or pick they get makes sense. I think a Lavoie quality player is a good fit for this deal.

FREE AGENT LOGIC
Nino: Obvious, Islanders get another shooting option, they desperately offensive help and gives Barzal something to work with. Also a little reunion now that Nino is more seasoned.
Cole: A good veteran defensive player who will allow Dobson to play his game confidently. Seeing this now with Chara pairing, however, Cole should be a much better option than Chara. Also a piece than can move to bottom pair if a mid season trade is made.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dobson, Noah	4	$5,500,000
Bellows, Kieffer	1	$1,250,000
Salo, Robin	1	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Cole, Ian	2	$2,500,000
Niederreiter, Nino	4	$4,000,000
Aho, Sebastian	1	$800,000
Beagle, Jay	1	$750,000

Trades

NYI

Del Zotto, Michael
2022 5th round pick (OTT)
2023 3rd round pick (OTT)

OTT

Bailey, Josh

NYI

Lavoie, Raphael
Smith, Mike
2023 2nd round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

Second round pick becomes a first IF Edmonton makes conference finals and Varlamov plays at least half the games

EDM

Varlamov, Semyon ($1,000,000 retained)

Buyouts

Rick DiPietro: $0
Matt Martin: $500,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Semyon Varlamov: $1,000,000 (20%)

Buried

Richard Pánik: $250,000 ($1,375,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$78,009,963	$245,796	$1,287,500	$4,490,037

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lee, Anders $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW NTC UFA - 4	Barzal, Mathew $7,000,000$7,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Niederreiter, Nino $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Bellows, Kieffer $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Nelson, Brock $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Beauvillier, Anthony $4,150,000$4,150,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Palmieri, Kyle $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 3	Pageau, Jean-Gabriel $5,000,000$5,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Wahlstrom, Oliver $894,167$894,167 ($537,500$538K) RW RFA - 1
Parise, Zach $750,000$750,000 ($750,000$750K) LW UFA - 1	Cizikas, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 C UFA - 5	Lavoie, Raphael $870,000$870,000 RW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pelech, Adam $5,750,000$5,750,000 LD NTC UFA - 7	Pulock, Ryan $6,150,000$6,150,000 RD NTC UFA - 8
Cole, Ian $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Dobson, Noah $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD RFA - 3	Sorokin, Ilya $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 2
Del Zotto, Michael $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1	Mayfield, Scott $1,450,000$1,450,000 RD UFA - 1	Smith, Mike $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Salo, Robin $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 2
Beagle, Jay $750,000$750,000 C UFA
Clutterbuck, Cal $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW UFA - 2

Mar. 31, 2022 at 8:59 a.m.

Timmah007

Joined: Jun. 2020

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Varlamov already turned down Edmonton as a trade destination.

Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:04 a.m.

islandersfan14

Daws is underrated

Joined: Apr. 2021

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ill take niederreiter but wally should be on the first line, and no cole. hes not worth that money. also dobbers will prolly get less than that. prolly like 4 mil

These are what i would put the lines as

Niederreiter - barzy - wally
Lee - nelson - beau
parise - pageau - palmeri
bellows - cizikas - clutterbuck

pelech - pulock
Somone not cole - dobson
del zotto - mayfield

sorokin
smith

Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:04 a.m.

TampaBayLightning22

Banned

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Varlamov already said that he wont waive for Edmonton, Reportedly all Canadian teams are on his no trade list.

Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:04 a.m.

islandersfan14

Daws is underrated

Joined: Apr. 2021

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Quoting: Timmah007

Varlamov already turned down Edmonton as a trade destination.

oh yeah i forgot about that, so no smith

Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:16 a.m.

Striker292

Joined: Mar. 2022

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Ottawa declines

Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:18 a.m.

AWhiteOreo

Thread Starter

Dubas is alright

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 173

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Quoting: islandersfan14

oh yeah i forgot about that, so no smith

Quoting: TampaBayLightning22

Varlamov already said that he wont waive for Edmonton, Reportedly all Canadian teams are on his no trade list.

Quoting: Timmah007

Varlamov already turned down Edmonton as a trade destination.

Hmmm I forgot about that. I was also looking at Colorado as a spot as well. Get back someone like Johnson + a first? I think both teams would benefit there

Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:21 a.m.

Timmah007

Joined: Jun. 2020

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Quoting: AWhiteOreo

Hmmm I forgot about that. I was also looking at Colorado as a spot as well. Get back someone like Johnson + a first? I think both teams would benefit there

I think Washington is an interesting destination for him if they want a veteran goalie next year.

Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:26 a.m.

islandersfan14

Daws is underrated

Joined: Apr. 2021

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Quoting: Timmah007

I think Washington is an interesting destination for him if they want a veteran goalie next year.

its funny cuz washington and colorado already had him in his career, i wonder if he would wanna go back

Mar. 31, 2022 at 10:24 a.m.

GM69

Joined: Jul. 2016

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The QO for Barzal is gonna be the nail in the coffin for NYI. He's a great player don't get me wrong, but the way he plays is not a 10+ million player. Yeah the cap is going up but you are going to have to sign some marquee free agents in order to be a cup contender. It's not like NYI has top of the line prospects to fill the gaps in the lineup. At least Raty has turned his game around a bit. Gotta hope for a lot more from Dobson and Wahlstrom.

Mar. 31, 2022 at 2:03 p.m.

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PLDGEY

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OTT declines

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