Although I feel we will play much better for the rest of the season, injuries to Z and Minty really rule out any hope for postseason, I mean we’re not even on the odds graphs to make it. So I’ve been lookin at who we can trade and what we could get in return.
**<—UFA’S —>**
Henrique – 5.825 mil cap hit. Has a modified NTC with a 10 team list. Probably will get us our best return before this season’s trade deadline.
Silfverberg – 5.25 mil. Also has M-NTC. Hopefully we’ll get a 3rd? Hopefully he’ll go on a tear and garner more interest.
Carrick – UFA 850k. If I’m a playoff contender, I’m looking for gritty veterans… Carrick can bring that sandpaper for very cheap, but with a ton of capspace we can also retain, so doesn’t really matter.
Lyubushkin – UFA at 2.75 mil. Any team sorely needing RD.
**<—1 MORE YEAR —>**
Vatrano – 3.65 mil. Great price and he’s been playing really well, probably peaking a lot of interest. I’d rather keep him, but if we can get a big enough return like Drysdale…
McGinn – 2.75 mil.
**<—2 MORE YEARS—>**
Johnston – 1.1 mil. We need to keep him or Carrick for safety purposes. But also great price and very BIG BODY.
Fowler – 6.5 mil with M-NTC. Will eat a lot of minutes, salary a lil high, but we can retain.
Gudas – 4 mil with a full no trade clause… probably wont move unless he really likes the move. I think it’s better we keep him.
**<—3 YEARS—>**
Gibson – 6.4 mil. M-NTC. I’m kinda putting him on for shits and giggles. Higher cap hit, but again we can retain. If there is a contender that needs a goalie… again I think the return needs to be substantial.
We also have tons of **RFA’s** and **Prospects** that are great trading chips and/or package deal worthy.
For anyone that doesn’t know [Capfriendly.com](http://capfriendly.com) is a great site that shows all of the contract info.
Verbeek’s latest Beeker Report was really great, I recommend a listen. The FO is in a very good state of mind, they know we got something good developing here and there isn’t a reason to be overly hurried. We just need to keep developing these awesome prospects and keep looking for great opportunities to build this team to be a huge contender in the future. It’s only a matter of time. A lot of these kids are still growing up and bulking up… I love that we’re being careful with Leo, and even with Gauthier, they agree his playing his season out with Boston is a very good thing. We got kids like Sidorov tearing it up in the lower leagues as well.
**—Edit—** Looking around the league for potential trade partners:
Toronto has a bit of a goalie problem… and are maxed out on cap.
New Jersey has injuries beginning to pile up…so do we, but they do too.
Tampa Bay injuries piling up and up against cap. They seem a bit light on D.
by goldencityjerusalem
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I say we ship off Henrique and Lyubushkin. But with Drysdale gone, that’s two RHD that we lose, so we need to get bodies back. I’m betting Henrique goes to Toronto for someone like Nick Robertson and a pick and Lyubushkin to Winnipeg or Avs.
No one will want Silf at this point, he’s probably retiring next season.