Making way for Barzal n Friends

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Created by: Hawkisles

Team: 2017-18 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 26, 2017

Published: Jul. 26, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

NONE of these deals exist to clear cap. The point of these deals is to ship away bottom 6/bottom pairing players so our younger talent can be brought in.

I want to make a blockbuster deal for a star C2 as much as the next guy, but the only one on the trade block has his price set too high (Duchene). Let's bring up the prospects and see if any break out. If the team is doing great with the infusion of young talent, then no trade is necessary. If not, more trade opportunities will present themselves as the season progresses, and we can address those as they come. For now, let's just focus on giving the kids the chance to break out rather than paying a king's ransom on the one active trade rumor in the NHL.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
De Haan, Calvin		4	$4,000,000

Trades

NYI

2018 3rd round pick (CHI)

CHI

Chimera, Jason ($1,125,000 retained)
Hickey, Thomas ($1,100,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Chicago gets deeper on offense and defense for as cheap as possible. The contracts only last for one season, so the salary retention isn't too problematic. This trade happens once Hossa is LTIRed.

NYI

2018 4th round pick (DAL)

DAL

Kulemin, Nikolai ($2,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

DAL gets a PK specialist at an incredibly low price.

Buyouts

Rick DiPietro: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Jason Chimera: $1,125,000 (100%)
Thomas Hickey: $1,100,000 (50%)
Nikolai Kulemin: $2,000,000 (47.76%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$75,000,000	$66,643,332	$0	$3,525,000	$8,356,668

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lee, Anders $3,750,000$3,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $5,500,000$5,500,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Eberle, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW UFA - 2
Ladd, Andrew $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	Nelson, Brock $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Ho-Sang, Joshua $863,333$863,333 ($212,500$212K) RW, C UFA - 2
Beauvillier, Anthony $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) RW, LW UFA - 2	Barzal, Mathew $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) C, RW UFA - 3	Bailey, Josh $3,300,000$3,300,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1
Dal Colle, Michael $863,333$863,333 ($2,200,000$2M) LW UFA - 2	Cizikas, Casey $3,350,000$3,350,000 C UFA - 4	Clutterbuck, Cal $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW UFA - 5
	Quine, Alan $612,500$612,500 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Leddy, Nick $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD UFA - 5	Boychuk, Johnny $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Halák, Jaroslav $4,500,000$4,500,000 G UFA - 1
De Haan, Calvin $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Pulock, Ryan $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) RD UFA - 1	Greiss, Thomas $3,333,333$3,333,333 G UFA - 3
Pelech, Adam $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 4
Seidenberg, Dennis $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 1	Mayfield, Scott $625,000$625,000 RD UFA - 1

Jul. 26, 2017 at 8:32 a.m.

Bossy

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 136

Likes: 14

This is likely the lineup for next season. I think Barzal, Dal Colle, Hosang need to be playing top line minutes in AHL. They provide depth and can be called up due to injury. On the other hand; if isles flop in the first half again then I would make those trades as well and give the youth the NHL experience for next year.

Jul. 26, 2017 at 9:48 a.m.

SuprDave45

Joined: Jul. 2017

Posts: 523

Likes: 99

This is forward, honest thinking. Kudos.

Can I honestly ask, is there any consideration in trading Tavares? Do you feel you have the favorites chance of resigning him? Also, he isn't an old guy, but if your hanging your hat on Barzel, would it hurt to turn Tavares into a boatload of picks/blue chippers?

Jul. 26, 2017 at 1:52 p.m.

Hawkisles

Thread Starter

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 2,156

Likes: 521

Edited Jul. 26, 2017 at 3:17 p.m.

Quoting: SuprDave45

In my opinion, the Isles aren't going to secure a new arena without immediate hope of postseason success, and that evaporates if we lose Tavares. We lose Tavares, we become the Nordiques. He should only be traded if he makes clear he's leaving.

I think Barzal has potential to be a great Center. Maybe top line material. But I just don't think we'll ever win a Cup without Tavares or a player of his caliber, and while I'm very excited about all of our prospects, none of them will ever get to Tavares' level.

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