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Created by: senators55

Team: 2024-25 Ottawa Senators

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 11, 2024

Published: Apr. 11, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Another big risk on Goaltenders. Otherwise, overpay for large, tough shutdown D men. Get team toughness with two tough forwards up-front, sets up for a true shutdown and secondary scoring line.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Crookshank, Angus	2	$775,000
Kelly, Parker	2	$775,000
Guénette, Maxence	2	$775,000
Matinpalo, Nikolas	2	$775,000
Mandolese, Kevin	2	$775,000
Rees, Jamieson	2	$775,000
Søgaard, Mads	2	$775,000
Pinto, Shane	2	$3,750,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hakanpää, Jani		4	$4,000,000
Tanev, Christopher		2	$6,000,000

Trades

OTT

Crouse, Lawson
McBain, Jack
2024 6th round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

If team is in Arizona, they need to field the cheapest team in the cap era. Norris on LTIR to reach cap floor, and Hamonic as the cheapest player in in the league. Several other players on league minimum. Add assets to get it done.

ARI

Brännström, Erik [RFA Rights]
Hamonic, Travis ($550,000 retained)
Katchouk, Boris [RFA Rights]
Norris, Joshua
Sokolov, Egor [RFA Rights]
Thomson, Lassi [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (BOS)
2024 4th round pick (DET)
2024 4th round pick (FLA)
2024 4th round pick (TBL)
2025 3rd round pick (FLA)

OTT

Gibson, John
2024 3rd round pick (ANA)
2026 4th round pick (ANA)

ANA

Buyouts

Colin White: -$625,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Travis Hamonic: $550,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,500,000	$88,200,713	$850,000	$600,000	-$700,713

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tkachuk, Brady $8,205,714$8,205,714 LW UFA - 4	Stützle, Tim $8,350,000$8,350,000 C UFA - 7	Batherson, Drake $4,975,000$4,975,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Joseph, Mathieu $2,950,000$2,950,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Pinto, Shane $3,750,000$3,750,000 C RFA	Giroux, Claude $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1
McBain, Jack $1,599,999$1,599,999 C, LW RFA - 1	Greig, Ridly $863,333$863,333 C, LW RFA - 1	Crouse, Lawson $4,300,000$4,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Crookshank, Angus $775,000$775,000 LW RFA	Kastelic, Mark $835,000$835,000 C, RW RFA - 1	Kelly, Parker $775,000$775,000 LW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Tanev, Christopher $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Sanderson, Jake $8,050,000$8,050,000 LD UFA - 8	Zub, Artem $4,600,000$4,600,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Korpisalo, Joonas $4,000,000$4,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Kleven, Tyler $916,667$916,667 ($600,000$600K) LD RFA - 1	Hakanpää, Jani $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bernard-Docker, Jacob $805,000$805,000 RD RFA - 1
MacEwen, Zack $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Rees, Jamieson $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) C RFA
Matinpalo, Nikolas $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD RFA
Guénette, Maxence $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD RFA
Mandolese, Kevin $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) G RFA
Søgaard, Mads $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) G RFA