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Old 05-29-2017, 07:47 PM   #1
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Icon35 The Islanders are back in the first round, baby! ...Yeah, we traded Byfuglien.

To the New York Islanders
  • RW | Radim Vrbata ($1.22 million)
  • 14th-overall pick
  • 54th-overall pick

To the San Jose Sharks
  • D | Dustin Byfuglien ($9.75 million)
  • D | Martin Marincin ($1.25 million)
  • 3rd-round pick (2018)
  • $5 million (2017-18)

Some of you might see that $5 million figure and balk. Oh man, Scorp just traded another enormous sum of cash. What an idiot.

Well, actually, I save $4.78 million by making this deal, allowing me ample extra space to re-sign my very few free agents next year. I bring back Vrbata, who is directly linked to a trade condition which can possibly work out in my favour:

In an earlier deal with the Sharks, I included a condition in which Vrbata scoring 50+ points would result in me getting a second-round pick, so that can also essentially be added onto the deal as I'll be riding Vrbata on the first line now all year. He scored 55 points in the NHL last year and is due for a good re-rate.

Byfuglien was nice to have, but his cap hit was enormous and I could hardly afford him. The additions of Martin and Larsson helped make him expendable, but I could use a defender to replace him (hint, hint).

It's really awesome getting so high into the first round. MJK and I fought for hours about the draft picks and the money sent in this deal. At first, I only wanted to send $4 million, but he insisted on $5. Ok, so I asked if I could send Marincin, who would have cleared waivers if I hadn't nabbed him (I had bottom priority at the time), as an addition. That frees up an additional $1.25 million.

Here's my lineup now. Bolded guys are available for the right price.

Thomas Vanek - David Krejci - Radim Vrbata
Josh Bailey - Frans Nielsen - Michael Frolik
Teuvo Teravainen - Derick Brassard - Jonathan Marchessault
Leo Komarov - Conor Sheary - Bryan Rust
Derek Ryan

Adam Larsson - Paul Martin
Josh Manson - Jon Merrill
Thomas Hickey - Kevan Miller
Chad Ruhwedel - Steven Kampfer

Tuukka Rask
Chad Johnson
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Old 05-29-2017, 07:51 PM   #2
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Oh, and of course... thanks to Dave for the negotiations. It's always awesome talking trade with you, and I think I might have finally done well for once.
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Old 05-29-2017, 07:56 PM   #3
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Checklist:

- Use one 1st to get a high OV Dman - CHECK
- Get a bunch of ca$h in whatever deal I make - CHECK
- Get a 2018 3rd tossed in because I can - CHECK
- Get a dman offered for free that can play #6 on the cheap - BONUS

There is no difference between 14 and 16 IMO. Heck, there's prob no difference in 14-22 so it made no difference to me what pick went.

$$$ SHOW ME THE MONEY $$$
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Checklist:

- Get a mid-first and a mid-second and a top-six forward for one of my four top-pairing defensemen
- Get another second-rounder which I can easily package with my other one for another first
- Get yet another high-scoring winger for uber cheap, helping to ensure that I will not finish with under 200 goals again next year
- Save nearly five million dollars
- Get rid of Martin Marincin, one of the worst defenders in the NHL, and his inflated cap-hit

Besides, it's not like I needed that third-rounder anyway... I got four of them in the Caggiula/Kuhnhackl deal last week with Florida, and that one pick was one of eight I got in that trade for two marginal NHLers

I like this deal for me a lot. So did some other GMs.
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Old 05-29-2017, 08:04 PM   #5
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I like this deal for me a lot. So did some other GMs.
Sounds like we are both happy and it worked for us both. That's a good thing.

PS I am the biggest Big Byf lover in the history of the world. I think he is dreamy and have traded for him 100 times now, so i probably overpaid but even if i did, i got what I needed.
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PS I am the biggest Big Byf lover in the history of the world. I think he is dreamy and have traded for him 100 times now.
PS I think Radim Vrbata is criminally underrated and that the Flames should absolutely pursue him this summer
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He's old enough to be your grandpa, and Cheese's son.
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He's old enough to be your grandpa, and Cheese's son.
My grandpa? That seems a little excessive. He's 19 years older
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Old 05-29-2017, 09:38 PM   #9
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Oh man, Scorp just traded another enormous sum of cash. What an idiot.
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Old 05-30-2017, 09:23 AM   #11
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Did you basically add a 3rd, Marincin and $5m for 14th and 54th?
Vrbata had a great year and will rerate well, but I can't see him being gridded next summer at his age.
Buff was 11th best cphl dman last year and probably getting a small increase after rerates.
Wasn't the the initial deal was Vrbata for Buff straight across? That was bad enough but you adding the cap plus for two picks seems like a really bad move.
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The initial deal was Vrbata + 2018 1st for Martin and 2018 2nd or 3rd...so I kinda turned Martin into Byf but with Byf came a suitcase full of $$$
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Call my moves bad all you want... I have a plan, and I needed to save some cash
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