Marner to Utah

Created by: gmgb

Team: 2024-25 Nashville Predators

Initial Creation Date: May 12, 2024

Published: May 13, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

TOR moves on from Marner, adding a top tier goalie and cap space in the process.

UTA has an abundance of youth, prospects and picks. They can afford to give up one high pick, in order to add a big name star player to be the face of the franchise in a new market.

NSH moves into the top 5-6 of the draft, like they tried to do last year. Poile gets his future #1 center at 6OA in Catton. They move up again, grabbing whichever RD prospect falls
(Yakemchuk, Parekh, Jiricek). PHI's prospect pool has some high end prospects, but isn't the deepest, so they opt for multiple lottery tickets.

With NSH finally having a #1 center and a 1st pair RD prospect to go with their future #1 goalie and the rest of their prospect depth, they'll have the pieces they need for a real rebuild here.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Afanasyev, Egor	2	$813,750
Del Gaizo, Marc	2	$813,750
Pärssinen, Juuso	2	$813,750
Stastney, Spencer	2	$874,125

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Carrier, Alexandre	4	$4,000,000
Lankinen, Kevin	2	$2,500,000
Sherwood, Kiefer	1	$1,000,000

Trades

NSH

Marner, Mitchell

TOR

Saros, Juuse
Tomasino, Philip [RFA Rights]
2024 2nd round pick (WPG)
2024 3rd round pick (DAL)

NSH

Vejmelka, Karel
2024 1st round pick (ARI)
2024 3rd round pick (EDM)

ARI

NSH

2024 1st round pick (PHI)
2025 4th round pick (PHI)

PHI

2024 1st round pick (NSH)
2024 2nd round pick (NSH)
2024 2nd round pick (TBL)

Buyouts

Matt Duchene: $5,555,556
Kyle Turris: $2,000,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Ryan Johansen: $4,000,000 (50%)
Mattias Ekholm: $250,000 (4%)

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$75,307,907	$0	$82,500	$12,392,093

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Forsberg, Filip $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	O'Reilly, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 3	Nyquist, Gustav $3,185,000$3,185,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
L'Heureux, Zachary $863,333$863,333 LW RFA - 2	Novak, Thomas $3,500,000$3,500,000 C UFA - 3	Evangelista, Luke $797,500$797,500 ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 1
Jankowski, Mark $800,000$800,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Sissons, Colton $2,857,143$2,857,143 C, RW UFA - 2	Pärssinen, Juuso $813,750$813,750 C RFA
Sherwood, Kiefer $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA	McCarron, Michael $900,000$900,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Smith, Cole $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Afanasyev, Egor $813,750$813,750 C, LW RFA	Glass, Cody $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
McDonagh, Ryan $6,750,000$6,750,000 LD NTC UFA - 2	Josi, Roman $9,059,000$9,059,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Vejmelka, Karel $2,725,000$2,725,000 G UFA - 1
Stastney, Spencer $874,125$874,125 LD RFA	Carrier, Alexandre $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA	Lankinen, Kevin $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA
Lauzon, Jérémy $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Schenn, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 2
Del Gaizo, Marc $813,750$813,750 LD RFA

Top Comments

May 13 at 1:18 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 41,293

Likes: 26,030

I don't think that this works because Utah's new ownership, having just spent $1.2 billion to acquire the franchise, will want Toronto to pay Marner's $7.25 million signing bonus, so there won't be any 2024 draft picks in that deal. That rules out the second trade, so I think that this whole scheme collapses. But let's assume that "in for a penny, in for a pound" applies. In that case, that seems like a lot for the Preds to add on top of Saros, but you're an esteemed Nashville authority, so I'll assume that Saros, Tomasino and a second and a third is worth Vejmelka and a first and a third to you all.

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May 13 at 1:29 p.m.

gmgb

Joined: Jun. 2017

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

I don't know that $7.25M is a deal breaking amount, when you're investing over a billion dollars. Feels more like a rounding error comparatively, but who's to say? It's a bit out of my tax bracket, so I'm hardly an expert in that regard.

I do feel NSH is giving up more than necessary here. I was trying to mindful about not being too biased in NSH's favour, so I was purposely over generous. Assuming NSH is okay with trading Saros, and taking a step back for a year or two, nothing else they're giving up here is irreplaceable.

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May 13 at 2:23 p.m.

odyssey

H.Lindholm Lover

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If you’re going to get a top 6 pick in the draft for our player id rather just trade him to Utah and get that pick than trade him to Nashville

May 13 at 2:50 p.m.

gmgb

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 7,793

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Quoting: odyssey

If you’re going to get a top 6 pick in the draft for our player id rather just trade him to Utah and get that pick than trade him to Nashville

Isn't TOR trying to compete right now though? Saros+ helps them more during their window than any prospect they'd draft at 6OA. And TOR isn't in a place where they can pull a rebuild/retool like NSH would be doing. They've made long term commitments to key players over the past couple years (Matthews, Nylander, Reilly) and they don't have much in the way of prospects or future draft picks to complement a 6OA pick.

One lone star prospect who'd be a couple years from being a meaningful contributor isn't a difference maker for where TOR's at right now, and not enough to base a future around.

May 13 at 5:37 p.m.

odyssey

H.Lindholm Lover

Joined: Apr. 2021

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Quoting: gmgb

you can get several NHL ready players at 6 this year. even if they draft a guy who isnt ready theyd clear up 11 million for free agency to get legit top pair D men

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