Draft day crazy day!
1. 6th OA (Flames), 35th OA (Flames) to Canes for 13th OA (Canes), 21st OA (Kings), 43rd OA (Canes)
2. 13th OA (Canes), 43rd OA (Canes), Mason McDonald to Lightning for Andrei Vasilevskiy, 27th OA (Lightining)
3. 27th OA (Lightning) to Rangers for Chris Kreider
4. Joe Colborne to Sens for Alex Chaisson, 42nd OA (Sens)
TL/DR -> Turn 6th OA, 35th OA, McDonald, Colborne into 21st OA, 42nd OA, Vasilevskiy, Kreider, Chaisson
Flames draft:
21st OA (
Julien Gauthier?)
42nd OA
53rd OA
55th OA
65th OA
95th OA
125th OA
155th OA
165th OA
185th OA
Also trade:
Dennis Wideman, Ryan Culkin (Played for Roy in the Q) to Avs for
Mat Clark (AHL Dman with size/physicality), 2017 3rd round pick
UFA signings:
Mikkel Boedker - 5 years, $4.5 million per (Don't like Boedker, sub your guy in be it Perron, Brouwer, etc)
James Reimer - 3 years, $4.0 million per
Jakub Nakladal - 1 year, $950,000
Line up (with RFA signings):
1. Gaudreau (6.750) - Monahan (6.750) - Boedker (4.500)
2. C. Kreider (4.000) - Bennett (0.925) - Chaisson (1.200)
3. Raymond (3.150) - Backlund (3.575) - M Frolik (4.300)
4. L. Bouma (2.200) - M Stajan (3.125) - M Ferland (0.825)
Extra - Bollig (1.250) - Hathaway (0.619)
1. Giordano (6.750) - Hamilton (5.750)
2. Jokipakka (0.900) - Brodie (4.650)
3. Nakladal (0.950) - Engelland (2.916)
Extra - Wotherspoon (0.900) - Smid (3.500)
1. Reimer (4.000)
2. Vasilevskiy (0.925)
Total Payroll - $74,482,067 (Just over $74 million cap but with 24 players)
1. Massively upgrade goaltending with a vet and young guy combo, still bring Vasi along slowly with Reimer around
2. Upgrade top 9 speed with Boedker, Kreider, Chaisson
3. Also size and physicality added with Kreider and Chaisson
4. Raymond has rebound opportunity with new coach, otherwise he's beaten out by Shinkaruk, Poirier, etc
5. Lots of money expiring after the season to re-up RFA's