Explanations:
Anaheim:
Vatrano is on his last year and most likely won’t resign with the Ducks. We receive Vatrano with 50% retained in exchange for Sheary. They receive a Cup champion with two years on his contract.
Gudas has two years remaining on his contract at $4M AAV. They receive Perbix on a low AAV one year contract. Has playoff experience and I believe would upgrade their defense. They can extend his contract and he can be a piece in their rebuild. We receive Gudas with $1M retained.
Retention can help Anaheim stay above the cap floor for this year. The $1M that they retain on the Gudas contract would be dead cap on their books for next year. We helped upgrade their draft pick from a 7th round to a 1st in this years draft as well add a 5th round in 2025. The Oilers exchanged those picks for Henrique at the trade deadline and we retained $1.5M of his salary. We also received a pick from the Oilers.
Maybe JBB can work some magic and the Gudas retention can be the “repayment” for the draft upgrades we helped Anaheim get.
Carolina:
Not sure exactly what the rules are on obtaining the rights for an RFA so for simplicity it’s a 1 for 1 trade.
They receive Gudas at $3M for Two years and has deep playoff experience (finals appearance) and I feel brings a physical style that Carolina lacks. Can replace Chatfield carrying the same cap hit. We receive the rights for Necas… as it seems like Necas doesn’t want to sign with Carolina. They can trade chatfield for a Necas substitute.
Signings:
Didn’t give much thought to the years on the contract or how much was given. Just wanted to put something down and add Necas and moser to the lineup. Those numbers can change. Would be a raise for both. Also have 730K in cap left.
by kuzco_rey
7 Comments
Moser will get over $3M and there’s no chance of any of those trades happening
I recognize that you mention this as a pipe dream but you forgot to include any scratched players. No team has a 20 player roster. Something that everybody, not just yourself OP, needs to keep in mind when putting lineups together.
Vatrano is interesting for sure. People keep saying there’s no way these trades can happen but you can be 10% over the cap until training camp. They can dump contracts if they wanted to. Plus certain players like Laine for example would have salary retained from Columbus so it’s not impossible but I don’t know.
Carolina and Anaheim both laugh at BriseBois and then block his number at those offers. Necas also probably gets north of 6.5m on a 6-8 year deal.
Didn’t realize how lacking this team is in its top 6. Cirelli should be your third line center. But that second line leaves too much to be desired. JBB really should’ve dumped cernak and got some team to retain on mcdonaugh to keep stammer. This lineup just ain’t it
And dude… in what world is perbix and Conor fucking sheary worth frank vatrano WITH retained money.. wtf are you smoking dude.
Marty necas for radko gudas? Wtf?
I see I’m not the only one getting slaphappy on capfriendly before it goes dark. I had a real nice sheary for Casey middlestat trade worked out. I’m trying not to hold my breath waiting for a deal to be announced lol
Nah, I’d prefer Sheary for McDavid 50% retained