Team: 2022-23 Nashville Predators

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 23, 2023

Published: Feb. 23, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Any fan of this team knows they are likely a season or two past due to tear it down. Lets weaponize the cap space you can get from putting Boro, who's career is likely done, and Johansen who had season ending surgery this week on LTIR.

Boston is looking to shed cap space and bringing Craig Smith back to retire as a Pred is a feel good story.
LA knows Quick is cooked and adding a top 10 goalie like Saros could put them into contention for a cup for the next few years.
NYR are a team who have intentionally added toughness over the past few years and Jeannot feels like a good fit there.
NYI need to clear some cap space forthe offseason as they are at $78 million next year without resigning Wahlstrom or a backup goalie, this could be made between the end of the season and the draft.
Toronto needs cap space for adding a Dman and Kerfoot seems to be the odd man out.
Colorado needs depth scoring and are familiar with Kerfoot and he's much more attractive with salary retained.


All of this leaves you with a nice stack of draft picks for the next 2 years, puts you with a cap hit of ~$69mill to resign Lankinen, Glass, Fabbro, and Carrier for the next year. I'd also be shopping Fabbro for a 1st (I know that may be a reach) and likely look to move Niederreiter and Bailey with salary retained at the 2024 trade deadline. Moving McDonagh or Ekholm are also on the table but more likely in a few more years with salary retianed as well.

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