Nylander and Chychrun

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Created by: OldNYIfan

Team: 2022-23 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: May 26, 2022

Published: May 26, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

In this effort to step outside the box, I'm trading away our formerly projected goalie of the future. I'm not convinced that this is a winning strategy for us, but Toronto should like the three-year term on Petersen's contract.

I don't mind losing Turcotte because with Byfield and Kupari already on the main roster and Pinelli and Helenius coming up, plus two excellent wing prospects already in the system, we should have adequate pipeline depth at forward. I also don't mind trading away two of our five RDs because I think that we are adequately prepared at that position, despite our experience this season.

The 13th and 14th forward RFA signings could also be promotions from Ontario. (We'll have to wait for training camp to see which of Anderson-Dolan and Andersson makes the team, hence the 24-man roster.) Re-signing Andreas Athanasiou is also a possibility with this cap space.

Note that with both Bjornfot and Spence waivers-exempt, it's possible to re-sign Alex Edler for defensive depth on the left side with this amount of cap space ($3,871,800).

This is something of a pipe dream, of course, and what we would do for a starting goaltender in 2023-2024 is a real question!

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnson, Ryan		2	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kempe, Adrian	5	$5,200,000
Anderson, Michael	3	$3,000,000
Durzi, Sean	3	$2,500,000
Lemieux, Brendan	2	$1,750,000
Grundström, Carl	2	$1,250,000
Vilardi, Gabriel	2	$1,000,000
Anderson-Dolan, Jaret	2	$900,000
Andersson, Lias	2	$900,000
Moverare, Jacob	2	$900,000
Allard, Frédéric	2	$800,000
Södergran, Johan	2	$800,000
Villalta, Matt	2	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Wedgewood, Scott		3	$1,250,000

Trades

LAK

Nylander, William
2022 1st round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

If Edmonton defeats Calgary, pick will be 26th overall, otherwise 27th

TOR

Petersen, Cal
2022 1st round pick (LAK)
2023 3rd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

19th overall

Toronto gets the earlier of LA's two 2023 third-rounders

LAK

Chychrun, Jakob

ARI

Iafallo, Alex
Turcotte, Alex
Walker, Sean
2023 1st round pick (LAK)

LAK

Johnson, Ryan [Reserve List]

BUF

Grans, Helge

LAK

2024 7th round pick (CGY)

SEA

Wagner, Austin

Additional Details:

More than a third of the slots on Seattle's 50-man roster are open

Buyouts

Dion Phaneuf: $1,062,500

Termination Fees

Mike Richards: $900,000

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
24	$82,500,000	$76,628,200	$637,500	$3,495,000	$5,871,800

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kempe, Adrian $5,200,000$5,200,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 2
Moore, Trevor $1,875,000$1,875,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Arvidsson, Viktor $4,250,000$4,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Kaliyev, Arthur $894,167$894,167 ($150,000$150K) RW, LW RFA - 2	Byfield, Quinton $894,167$894,167 ($2,650,000$3M) LW, C RFA - 2	Kupari, Rasmus $863,333$863,333 ($350,000$350K) C, LW, RW RFA - 1
Grundström, Carl $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Lizotte, Blake $1,675,000$1,675,000 C RFA - 2	Vilardi, Gabriel $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C RFA - 1
Lemieux, Brendan $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Anderson-Dolan, Jaret $900,000$900,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 1
	Andersson, Lias $900,000$900,000 C, LW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Anderson, Michael $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Doughty, Drew $11,000,000$11,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Quick, Jonathan $2,900,000$2,900,000 G UFA - 1
Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Roy, Matt $3,150,000$3,150,000 RD UFA - 2
Björnfot, Tobias $894,167$894,167 ($262,500$262K) LD RFA - 1	Durzi, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Wedgewood, Scott $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 2
	Spence, Jordan $820,000$820,000 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 2

May 26, 2022 at 6:41 p.m.

#26

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: Kartana

It's been laid out pretty clearly what Arizona wants in a Chychrun deal from various sources. This is not it. Neither the pieces or the value.

Also, no reason for Arizona to acquire a player that is hurt as much as Turcotte and a player that hasn't played for almost the whole season (Walker). Injury history applies to Chychrun as well, but he has shown to come back fine from it. Until Walker has played it's not smart for Arizona to consider acquiring him.

I understand Clarke is off the table. Faber seems to be as well, but you can't get quality without giving up something of value in return. I'd consider a combination of Faber, Vilardi and your next two 1sts. Otherwise, there are plenty of suitors that I appreciate more. For example, any of Columbus' 1sts or Ottawa 1st.

Anyways, I always like your AGMs. They are well thought out and presented in a good way.

Thank you for the kind words.

I think that Arizona is a little more likely to take actual skaters who will play next season rather than futures because they have so few NHL-qualified guys on the roster for 2022-2023 right now. For that reason, I'm pretty sure that neither Turcotte nor Walker is what they're looking for, as you say, but Vilardi and Spence might be sufficient (along with Iafallo). But my real belief is that the Coyotes shouldn't trade Chychrun at all because then they'll be lucky to win 20 games next year without him.

I should have paid a little more attention to the Arizona deal but I was pre-occupied with the Nylander-Petersen idea which, as you can see, wasn't well received by the Maple Leafs folks.

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May 26, 2022 at 11:45 p.m.

#27

Kartana

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 530

Likes: 173

Quoting: OldNYIfan

Good answer! Appreciate the reasoning. Vilardi and Spence are nice. There's a fit, let's see if and in that case how the GMs solve it. Will be interesting!

I agree that we shouldn't trade him. I thought there was a chance he was staying despite all the rumors, but I listened to the DFO rundown podcast that came out recently with Armstrong as a guest. At the end Seravalli said Chychrun has told management he isn't returning and that the Coyotes are going to try to fix that for him. First time I heard from a good sources he wants out so a trade seems inevitable. It's sad, but I guess we can't have nice things here in Arizona. I hope he goes to a good organization and Los Angeles is that.

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May 31, 2022 at 1:31 p.m.

#28

Quillanrocks

Joined: May 2021

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I like Wagner (was one of the players I thought SEA should consider taking from Kings in expansion . . . and NOT that pilon that is MacDermid! LOL), but at this point he doesn't fit with Seattle unless playing in the minors again next season)

If the Chychrun thing doesn't play out, I'm sure the Kraken would be interested to chat about one of their LHD in exchange for picks/prospects of some kind!

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May 31, 2022 at 1:33 p.m.

#29

Quillanrocks

Joined: May 2021

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Is Arizona interested in winning 20 games next year, though? Heck of a time to win more with Bedard sitting out there.

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