My take on the BOS-CGY three way deal

Created by: pretzelcoatl

Team: 2023-24 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 24, 2023

Published: Dec. 24, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Valuations in 1st round picks

Lindholm rental = 1.5 (no retention)
Hanifin rental = 1.5 (no retention)
Mercer = 1.5 (young, nhl experience, pedigree, ironman streak, top 6 projection, can play C. selling low during mediocre year)
Swayman = 2 (expensive for a goalie due to age, importance to BOS)
2nd round pick = 0.5
Bahl = 0.5 (young, cheap, one more year at 1.05)

Calgary - Quality over quantity. Mercer will benefit immensely from heavy top 6 play with room to learn from mistakes during the rebuild. He will be a leader when the team is ready to compete again. If the Meier condition bumps the 1st to 2025, they receive the Devils' 2024 3rd as well.
In: Mercer, 1st, Bahl (+3)
Out: Lindholm, Hanifin (-3)

Boston - Lindholm extends and they bet on Ullmark staying sharp. Devils retain on Lindholm as needed.
In: Lindholm, 2nd (+2)
Out: Swayman (-2)

New Jersey - Mercer is a huge loss but the goaltending must be fixed at any cost. Hanifin is not extended; potentially weak LD is a next year problem. This is all made possible thanks to Dougie dying for our sins.
In: Swayman, Hanifin (+3.5)
Out: Mercer, 1st, 2nd, Bahl (-3.5)

Trades

NJD

CGY

NJD

Swayman, Jeremy

BOS

Lindholm, Elias
2025 2nd round pick (NJD)

NJD

CGY

Bahl, Kevin
Mercer, Dawson
2024 1st round pick (NJD)

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000
Janne Kuokkanen: $325,000

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$75,024,166	$422,500	$5,140,000	$8,475,834

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bratt, Jesper $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 8	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 7	Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 4	Meier, Timo $8,800,000$8,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 8
Haula, Erik $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 3	McLeod, Michael $1,400,000$1,400,000 C RFA - 1	Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Smith, Brendan $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1	Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Bastian, Nathan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 2
	Tierney, Chris $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 4	Swayman, Jeremy $3,475,000$3,475,000 G RFA - 1
Hanifin, Noah $1,237,500$1,237,500 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Nemec, Simon $918,333$918,333 ($3,250,000$3M) RD RFA - 3	Schmid, Akira $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 1
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD UFA - 5	Miller, Colin $1,850,000$1,850,000 RD UFA - 1	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Hatakka, Santeri $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Nosek, Tomas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5

Top Comments

Dec. 24, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.

Schuyler

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I could live with that price as a devils fan but I'm sure boston fans would be against it because goalies never go for nearly as much as people think

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Dec. 24, 2023 at 3:22 p.m.

Lancebmx

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Very good take. I like it for all teams involved.

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Dec. 24, 2023 at 3:26 p.m.

Lancebmx

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Boston still needs a goalie though, maybe Vladar?

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Dec. 24, 2023 at 3:29 p.m.

SJSF

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Bruins probably aren't interested in Lindholm at the cost of their long-term future in net. This is likely a non-starter, but the exercise of trying to balance it can be fun hypothetically

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Dec. 24, 2023 at 3:29 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

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Quoting: Lancebmx

Boston still needs a goalie though, maybe Vladar?

I personally don't like Vladar but it's not a terrible option. They could grit their teeth and run with something in-house, or they could receive Daws instead of the 2nd. It shouldn't be too hard to find a serviceable backup right now.

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