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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Assume these are the signings when the players are used:
Hall (7 years, 8M per)
Holtby (1 year, 2.75M on a show-me contract that he may want)
Brodie (6 years, 4.55M per)
Mangiapane (2 years, 2M per)
Jankowski (1 year, 1.75M)
For comparison sake, which roster do you take:
Gaudreau (6.75) - Monahan (6.375) - Lindholm (4.85)
Mangiapane (2) - Backlund (5.35) - Tkachuk (7)
Hall (8) - Bennett (2.55) - Dube (.778)
Lucic (5.25) - Ryan (3.125) - Phillips (.733)
13th forward
Giordano (6.75) - Brodie (4.55)
Valimaki (.894) - Andersson (4.55)
Kylington (.800) - 6th defenceman
7th defenceman
Rittich (2.75)
Holtby (2.75)
$3,027,501 in cap-space ($457,500 potential bonuses owed) + the assets gained from trading Hanifin (use Hamonic's deal as the market setter, so 1st + 2nd + 2nd)
Vs.
Gaudreau (6.75) - Monahan (6.375) - Lindholm (4.85)
Mangiapane (2) - Backlund (5.35) - Tkachuk (7)
Lucic (5.25) - Ryan (3.125) - Phillips (.733)
Dube (.778) - Jankowski (1.75) - Bennett (2.55)
13th forward
Giordano (6.75) - Brodie (4.55)
Hanifin (4.95) - Andersson (4.55)
Valimaki (.894) - 6th defenceman
Kylington (.800)
Rittich (2.75)
Holtby (2.75)
$4,327,501 in cap-space ($457,500 potential bonuses owed)
I take that first roster (and the assets gained) every day. If you want to trade Gaudreau (say 1st + 1st + 2nd) and sign Hall, I still take the first roster for a year and then say trade Gaudreau after that for a small fortune.
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Is the first example assuming we trade Hanifin for nothing? Obviously its a better lineup on offence but the defence is kinda scary when you are counting on a young guy with 24 NHL games who just missed an entire season due to injury to play consistent top four.
In the first scenario I'd rather see Forbort signed decently cheap to play with Gio even if its his off side, let Brodie move on, keep Hanifin
(because it didn't seem like we got anything for him anyways) then role with this.
Gaudreau (6.75) - Monahan (6.375) - Lindholm (4.85)
Mangiapane (2) - Backlund (5.35) - Tkachuk (7)
Hall (8) - Bennett (2.55) - Dube (.778)
Lucic (5.25) - Ryan (3.125) - Phillips (.733)
13th forward
Giordano (6.75) - Forbort (2.55)
Hanifin (4.95) - Andersson (4.55)
Valiamki (.894) - Kylington (.800)
7th defenceman
Rittich (2.75)
Holtby (2.75) (or Talbot again)
That cap should be pretty close to working out
Or we can trade Gaudreau and keep Brodie for Gio's partner with something like this:
Hall (8) - Monahan (6.375) - Lindholm (4.85)
Mangiapane (2) - Backlund (5.35) - Tkachuk (7)
Dube (.778) - Bennett (2.55) - Reinhart (5.35)
Lucic (5.25) - Ryan (3.125) - Cozens (.900 ish)
13th forward
Giordano (6.75) - Brodie (4.55)
Hanifin (4.95) - Andersson (4.55)
Valiamki (.894) - Kylington (.800)
7th defenceman
This keeps us competitve, with maybe even a better offence while giving Hanifin, Andersson, Valimaki, Kylington, Bennett, Dube, Cozens the shelter they need but also the necessary room to grow.
Also by giving Bennett Dube and Reinhart a "run wild" type of line for them to gain confidence and letting Cozens work with Ryan that gives us essentially 4 potential guys who might be able to bump Backlund down in the next couple years if he loses a step.