Bolster the defense Gaudreau transition phase on offense

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Created by: Momz

Team: 2022-23 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 23, 2022

Published: Jun. 23, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

With all the money available I decided to finally go for the big fish in FA, Gaudreau.

My main focus instead of shipping out Gibson is to improve the dmen in front of him (also improve the scoring with Dunn).
Shattenkirk has one year left and I can definitely see Zellweger take Urho's spot. Who knows Zellweger and Helleson might be with the team in 2 years. I considered Letang for a short term (1/2yrs at 8M) but I went with Dunn who you can bring back for another contract.

This team has a 16.25M in cap space this year and 41.8M$ next year. Next offseason you'll know who to keep, who to send and then be even more aggressive if you want in FA/trade.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Vaakanainen, Urho	2	$950,000
Steel, Sam	1	$1,250,000
Milano, Sonny	1	$2,750,000
Lundeström, Isac	2	$1,750,000
Larsson, Jacob	1	$800,000
Elvenes, Lucas	1	$800,000
Benoit, Simon	1	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Gaudreau, Johnny	6	$10,500,000
Kulak, Brett	2	$2,750,000
Aston-Reese, Zach	1	$2,000,000

Trades

ANA

2023 4th round pick (ARI)

Additional Details:

Eakins can't play Grant on the top 6 if he ain't on the team anymore. I want to clear roster spots.

ARI

ANA

Dunn, Vince

Additional Details:

26yo dman on the last year of his contract. Can score, scoring chance suppressor but can make defensive mistakes. The RD market is barren (unless you want to overpay Letang). Other interesting options are 30yo and older (for the next 2 Free Agency windows). Shattenkirk is enterin his last year. We might see Helleson come up next year.

SEA

2022 2nd round pick (PIT)
2023 2nd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

Thought if Dunn was worth a 1st. I can see it in a trade deadline where teams can get desperate, not in an offseason. Seattle would have five 2nds, a 3rd, and a 1st this draft. They can get aggressive if they want or just use them all. Would look better if Grubauer didn't exist.

Buyouts

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

Buried

John Moore: $1,625,000 ($2,750,000)

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
21	$82,500,000	$61,876,250	$0	$4,200,000	$20,623,750

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $10,500,000$10,500,000 LW UFA - 7	Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1	Milano, Sonny $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Comtois, Maxime $2,037,500$2,037,500 LW RFA - 1	Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	Terry, Troy $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW UFA - 1
Steel, Sam $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW RFA - 1	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 3	Silfverberg, Jakob $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
	Lundeström, Isac $1,750,000$1,750,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Perreault, Jacob $863,333$863,333 RW RFA - 3
Aston-Reese, Zach $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Dunn, Vince $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Kulak, Brett $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Drysdale, Jamie $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 1	Stolarz, Anthony $950,000$950,000 G UFA - 1
Vaakanainen, Urho $950,000$950,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Shattenkirk, Kevin $3,900,000$3,900,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Mahura, Josh $750,000$750,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:21 p.m.

villenash

Joined: May 2019

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Interesting stuff-- solid looking team here. Will be very interesting to see what this team would look like the following year with Zegras, Terry, Comtois, Dunn, and Drysdale needing new contracts. That cap space could vanish very quickly...

Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:39 p.m.

Not_Isles5513

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Joined: Dec. 2021

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I’d assume you have to move the Boston first to get Dunn

Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:23 p.m.

Momz

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Momz

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Quoting: Isles5513

I’d assume you have to move the Boston first to get Dunn

Yeah I hesitated about it. Not a far fetched idea at all.

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