Young D Help via trade and signing

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Created by: Opie

Team: 2017-18 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 15, 2017

Published: Aug. 15, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Another 5'10" college free agent defenseman, from the mid west, rises in Jersey ? Butcher = next Rafalski? Plus a grumpy RFA gets traded... (yes, I remember Rafa came via SM ligia, but we didn't worry about his size & we don't worry about Butcher's either. Man can play ... particularly along side the Giant Russian joining from Colorado.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Severson, Damon		5	$4,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Butcher, Will		3	$925,000
Zadarov, Nikita		3	$2,500,000

Trades

NJD

Rights to Zadarov

COL

Moore, John
2019 3rd round pick (NJD)

Buyouts

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Buried

Dalton Prout: $550,000 ($1,575,000)

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$75,000,000	$51,101,667	$0	$4,040,000	$23,898,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW UFA - 3	Zajac, Travis $2,875,000$2,875,000 C NTC UFA - 4	Palmieri, Kyle $2,325,000$2,325,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Henrique, Adam $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Zacha, Pavel $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Johansson, Marcus $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Quenneville, John $811,667$811,667 ($82,500$82K) LW, C UFA - 2	Hischier, Nico $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 3	McLeod, Michael $894,166$894,166 C RFA - 4
Wood, Miles $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Boyle, Brian $2,550,000$2,550,000 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	Noesen, Stefan $660,000$660,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Blandisi, Joseph $680,000$680,000 C UFA - 2		Speers, Blake $728,333$728,333 ($257,500$258K) C UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Greene, Andy $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 3	Severson, Damon $4,250,000$4,250,000 RD UFA - 6	Schneider, Cory $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NTC UFA - 5
Butcher, Will $925,000$925,000	Santini, Steven $925,000$925,000 RD UFA - 1	Kinkaid, Keith $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 2
Zadarov, Nikita $2,500,000$2,500,000	Lovejoy, Ben $2,666,667$2,666,667 RD UFA - 2
Kapla, Michael $925,000$925,000 D UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Clowe, Ryane $4,850,000$4,850,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 1

Aug. 15, 2017 at 6:17 p.m.

coga16

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 20,030

Likes: 12,187

2 Things...1 Butcher isnt a Top 4 Dman, he is an AHL guy for a year at the very minimum bc he needs way more development before he has a crack at being an NHL player (probably a 3rd pairing guy). His game doesnt translate to the NHL immediately bc hes not a great skater (not bad just very awkward), not naturally offensive, and seriously undersized. For a 2way Dman thats undersized and not overly mobile,, he needs to learn the pro game before he has a chance of being in the NHL, luckily his hockey IQ is what has got him this far as he is a very smart player, but now he will be going against more seasoned and smarter guys than he is

2...Zads isnt a grumpy RFA, Avs are not trading him especially for a lesser Dman when him and Avs already have a 2 year bridge deal in place and are just talking about a longer term contract.

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