Crazy EK65 Trade Proposal

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Created by: Waffelz

Team: 2022-23 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: May 9, 2022

Published: May 9, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

EK65 trade breakdown:

1. Lots of people have to agree to waive lots of NTCs for this to even be possible.
2. The Sharks are giving up a good player, in return for 1 okay player, 1 overpaid goalie, and 1 bad player.
3. The reason the Sharks may want to do this is to balance their cap expenditure between forwards and defensemen, and they get all of these deals off of their books 2 years before the EK65 deal expires.
4. The reason the Senators may want to do this is to get more competitive in the short term. They don't have any kind of cap complications right now, and if the Sharks pay EK65s signing bonus this summer they get him for only $2m in real dollars next year.

The other trades are minor moves to clear room for other players. The Sharks have a ton of depth in their bottom 6, and need to get more scoring. Adding a guy like Mason Marchment is good, and leaves cap space for extending Timo Meier. According to his player card, Zaitzev is an active detriment to his team by being on the ice, so the Sharks are going to pay him $4.5m for the next two years to either watch from the press box or go play in the AHL.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dahlén, Jonathan	2	$900,000
Chmelevski, Alexander	2	$750,000
Blichfeld, Joachim	2	$750,000
Ferraro, Mario	3	$2,500,000
Gadjovich, Jonah	2	$750,000
Gregor, Noah	2	$950,000
Kähkönen, Kaapo	2	$2,250,000
Leonard, John	2	$750,000
Meloche, Nicolas	2	$950,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Marchment, Mason		3	$3,500,000

Trades

SJS

OTT

SJS

2023 4th round pick (CHI)

CHI

Hill, Adin

SJS

2023 3rd round pick (NYI)

ARI

Balcers, Rūdolfs

SJS

2022 4th round pick (COL)

DET

Nieto, Matt

SJS

2022 5th round pick (NJD)

BUF

Murray, Matt

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,416,667

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	$64,625,834	$0	$382,500	$17,874,166

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Barabanov, Alexander $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Eklund, William $894,167$894,167 LW RFA - 4	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Marchment, Mason $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
	Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 2	Labanc, Kevin $4,725,000$4,725,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Bonino, Nick $1,025,000$1,025,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	White, Colin $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Gregor, Noah $950,000$950,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
Dahlén, Jonathan $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 4	Burns, Brent $5,280,000$5,280,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Reimer, James $2,250,000$2,250,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 4	Merkley, Ryan $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RD UFA - 1
		Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA - 2
Megna, Jaycob $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 2	Knyzhov, Nikolai $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Blichfeld, Joachim $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA
Reedy, Scott $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) C UFA - 1
Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2

May 9, 2022 at 9:50 p.m.

glarson17

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$6 mil to Marchment? Come on now, that’s ridiculous for one decent year. Prior to this year he was non existent.

May 9, 2022 at 9:51 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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Aside from the trades, that Marchment signing could potentially become the worst contract in NHL.

Man's been playing in the best 3rd line in the league and overproducing.

May 9, 2022 at 9:54 p.m.

Waffelz

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Quoting: glarson17

$6 mil to Marchment? Come on now, that’s ridiculous for one decent year. Prior to this year he was non existent.

Quoting: justaBoss

Aside from the trades, that Marchment signing could potentially become the worst contract in NHL.

Man's been playing in the best 3rd line in the league and overproducing.

I lowered it down to $4.75, is that still too much?

May 9, 2022 at 9:56 p.m.

sensonfire

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I read your explanation.

And you say nothing about why EK65 would want to experience another trade between San Jose and Ottawa.

EK65 declines.

Try again.

May 9, 2022 at 9:59 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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Quoting: Waffelz

I lowered it down to $4.75, is that still too much?

Yes.

Based on one year I'd give him $3M max - otherwise not worth the risk of pulling the trigger.

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May 9, 2022 at 10:02 p.m.

Waffelz

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Quoting: justaBoss

Yes.

Based on one year I'd give him $3M max - otherwise not worth the risk of pulling the trigger.

I lowered it down to $3.5, over a 2 year term that's not much risk.

Quoting: sensonfire

I read your explanation.

And you say nothing about why EK65 would want to experience another trade between San Jose and Ottawa.

EK65 declines.

Try again.

Doesn't his family still live in Ottawa? They're a team on the tail end of a rebuild with a lot of up and coming talent. Both could be reasons to go back.

May 9, 2022 at 10:08 p.m.

DeadWingsv2

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Detroit isn't trading for depth players. Easy pass.

May 9, 2022 at 10:25 p.m.

Waffelz

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Quoting: DeadWingsv2

Detroit isn't trading for depth players. Easy pass.

Detroit has the worst PK in the league, I thought they might want a PK specialist they can throw on the 4th line.

May 9, 2022 at 10:40 p.m.

sensonfire

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Quoting: Waffelz

I lowered it down to $3.5, over a 2 year term that's not much risk.

Doesn't his family still live in Ottawa? They're a team on the tail end of a rebuild with a lot of up and coming talent. Both could be reasons to go back.

EK65 doesn't want to go to a rebuilding team.

EK65 wants to go to a team that currently has a credible shot at winning the Stanley Cup.

It's the reason why he signed that massive extension with San Jose in the first place.

May 9, 2022 at 10:50 p.m.

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DeadWingsv2

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Quoting: Waffelz

Detroit has the worst PK in the league, I thought they might want a PK specialist they can throw on the 4th line.

The forwards were not the problem on the PK...

May 10, 2022 at 12:45 a.m.

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goodfella

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Quoting: sensonfire

I read your explanation.

And you say nothing about why EK65 would want to experience another trade between San Jose and Ottawa.

EK65 declines.

Try again.

I think I read his wife still lives in OTT.

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May 10, 2022 at 1:07 a.m.

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sensonfire

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Quoting: goodfella

I think I read his wife still lives in OTT.

I think I read we need a new owner.

A new owner that would pay out the rest of EK65's contract if we were to trade for him.

May 10, 2022 at 10:37 a.m.

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PLDGEY

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The Prodigal Son returns.

For this value, OTT would accept in a heartbeat.

Pair him with Sanderson. Lets ****ing goooo

May 10, 2022 at 11:22 a.m.

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goodfella

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Quoting: sensonfire

I think I read we need a new owner.

A new owner that would pay out the rest of EK65's contract if we were to trade for him.

Is the family taking over? I'm not a Sens fan btw, I actually don't know the full details on the previous owner other than he was not well liked.

May 10, 2022 at 11:41 a.m.

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sensonfire

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Quoting: goodfella

Is the family taking over? I'm not a Sens fan btw, I actually don't know the full details on the previous owner other than he was not well liked.

The team is currently owned by Eugene Melnyk's estate with his two daughters serving as the executors.

Eventually, they will have to sell.

It's why taking on a massive contract like EK65's is out of the question.

May 10, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

#16

Waffelz

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Quoting: PLDGEY

The Prodigal Son returns.

For this value, OTT would accept in a heartbeat.

Pair him with Sanderson. Lets ****ing goooo

Is it too much of a slam dunk deal? Would Ottawa need to send back a pick or retain a little bit of salary on someone like Colin White?

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