A Misguided Attempt at Contention

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Created by: dandandandandan

Team: 2022-23 Philadelphia Flyers

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 24, 2022

Published: Jun. 24, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

This is getting more difficult every year -- I don't think they should go for it, they need to rebuild, but here's an attempt to make it work, with an attempt at realism (except for maybe that 4th line, seems a little crazy to just play the best remaining players there, eh?)

Making a number of risky bets here -- mainly that first D-pair, needing Ellis to stay healthy most of the year and Sanheim to step into a first pair role (also hoping one of Fedotov/Sandstrom can hold down the fort, and young guys on wing can take a step forward), but getting a little lucky is the only way this team can get back to contention in the next couple years.

Not sure what it'll take to get rid of JVR, but we need that whole cap hit gone.

Provorov/TK are supposedly somewhat likely candidates to get moved, and a Provorov/Schiefele swap has been discussed. Added TK to maximize cap returns, Jets would need to get rid of a D-man, and Demelo isn't anything special so hoping that tilts it enough in the Jets favor that they'd be able to shave a bit more cap space off for the Flyers.

Gaudreau taking a slight hometown discount, maybe he could even go to $10M, if we need to retain a bit of JVR's salary, but let's say we don't need all of that.

Kulak is supposedly an underrated guy, so just looking to bolster the defense without spending too much.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Allison, Wade	2	$900,000
Frost, Morgan	2	$1,100,000
Tippett, Owen	2	$1,300,000
MacEwen, Zack	2	$800,000
Laczynski, Tanner	2	$800,000
Cates, Jackson	2	$800,000
Högberg, Linus	2	$800,000
Ratcliffe, Isaac	2	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kulak, Brett		3	$2,900,000
Gaudreau, Johnny		7	$10,500,000

Trades

PHI

ARI

van Riemsdyk, James
2022 4th round pick (PHI)
2023 3rd round pick (FLA)

PHI

DeMelo, Dylan
Scheifele, Mark ($1,000,000 retained)

WPG

Buyouts

Ilya Bryzgalov: $0

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
23	$82,500,000	$78,032,929	$295,000	$1,537,500	$4,467,071

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $10,500,000$10,500,000 LW UFA - 7	Couturier, Sean $7,750,000$7,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Atkinson, Cam $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Farabee, Joel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 6	Scheifele, Mark $5,125,000$5,125,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Tippett, Owen $1,300,000$1,300,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Lindblom, Oskar $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW UFA - 2	Hayes, Kevin $3,571,429$3,571,429 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Allison, Wade $900,000$900,000 RW RFA - 2
Laughton, Scott $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Frost, Morgan $1,100,000$1,100,000 C RFA - 1	Brink, Bobby $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) RW RFA - 2
Cates, Noah $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) C, LW RFA - 1	Laczynski, Tanner $800,000$800,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Sanheim, Travis $4,675,000$4,675,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Ellis, Ryan $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD UFA - 5	Hart, Carter $3,979,000$3,979,000 G RFA - 2
Kulak, Brett $2,900,000$2,900,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,100,000$5,100,000 RD UFA - 5	Fedotov, Ivan $925,000$925,000 ($175,000$175K) G UFA - 2
York, Cam $880,833$880,833 ($725,000$725K) LD/RD RFA - 1	DeMelo, Dylan $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Zamula, Yegor $756,667$756,667 LD/RD RFA - 1