Which would be the path of least resistance for trading Nikita Zaitsev

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Created by: sensonfire

Team: 2022-23 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 19, 2022

Published: Jul. 19, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

What to take into account:

1. The cost to dump Zaitsev

2. The additional costs of trading Zaitsev for these defencemen

3. Willingness/Reluctance of the other teams

4. The trade protection for Zaitsev and the other defencemen

5. Whether acquiring any of these defencemen is in Ottawa's best interests

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Joseph, Mathieu	4	$2,500,000
Formenton, Alex	4	$2,500,000
Brännström, Erik	2	$1,550,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
De Haan, Calvin		1	$750,000

Trades

OTT

Myers, Tyler

VAN

Zaitsev, Nikita

Additional Details:

Here are your options for the path of least resistance for trading Zaitsev for another defenceman:

1. Trading Zaitsev to Vancouver for Tyler Myers

2. Trading Zaitsev to Vegas for Alec Martinez

3. Trading Zaitsev to Arizona for Jakob Chychrun

4. Trading Zaitsev to Edmonton for Tyson Barrie

5. Trading Zaitsev to Florida for Mackenzie Weegar

OTT

Martinez, Alec

VGK

OTT

Chychrun, Jakob

ARI

OTT

Barrie, Tyson

EDM

OTT

Weegar, MacKenzie

FLA

Buyouts

Bobby Ryan: $1,833,333
Colin White: $875,000
Michael Del Zotto: $500,000
Dion Phaneuf: $354,167

Retained Salary Transactions

Matt Murray: $1,562,500 (25%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$74,481,548	$0	$4,025,000	$8,018,452

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tkachuk, Brady $8,205,714$8,205,714 LW UFA - 6	Norris, Joshua $7,950,000$7,950,000 C UFA - 8	Batherson, Drake $4,975,000$4,975,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
DeBrincat, Alex $6,400,000$6,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Stützle, Tim $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 1	Giroux, Claude $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 3
Formenton, Alex $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW RFA	Pinto, Shane $925,000$925,000 ($600,000$600K) C RFA - 1	Joseph, Mathieu $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Kelly, Parker $762,500$762,500 LW RFA - 2	Gambrell, Dylan $950,000$950,000 C UFA - 1	Watson, Austin $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD UFA - 6		Forsberg, Anton $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 3
Brännström, Erik $1,550,000$1,550,000 LD/RD, LW RFA - 1	Hamonic, Travis $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Talbot, Cam $3,666,667$3,666,667 G UFA - 1
Holden, Nick $1,300,000$1,300,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Zub, Artem $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Sanderson, Jake $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD UFA - 2		Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Kastelic, Mark $821,667$821,667 C, RW RFA - 1		Martinez, Alec $5,250,000$5,250,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2
De Haan, Calvin $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3
		Barrie, Tyson $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 2
		Weegar, MacKenzie $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:20 a.m.

Not_Isles5513

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Joined: Dec. 2021

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Vancouver would probably be the path of least resistance. But I honestly think Ottawa will just keep him at this point.

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Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:26 a.m.

Alfie11

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 9,527

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myers would be the easiest because it’s worse for us for the next two years, which is what we’re trying to avoid even if they’d pay us lol

arizona is probably the best option

florida would never happen, the only reason for them to trade weegar would be to get below the cap. we’d probably have to retain AND take hornqvist for zaitsev to go the other way

vegas’s cap situation is fine now, unfortunately

barrie is at least useful on the power play for the same cap hit as zaitsev so there’s no reason for edmonton to do that

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Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:34 a.m.

Timmah007

Joined: Jun. 2020

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Certainly not Edmonton.

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Jul. 19, 2022 at 12:36 p.m.

alpine4life

Joined: May 2015

Posts: 612

Likes: 187

2 years... just keep him on on the 3rd pairing or at home

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Jul. 19, 2022 at 12:40 p.m.

cooliny

BRUCE THERE IT IS

Joined: Nov. 2020

Posts: 1,648

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Myers > Zaitsev

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