One more year of cap dumps

Created by: EmailTruck

Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 9, 2024

Published: Jun. 9, 2024

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

I'm overpaying for Tanev to hopefully help Korchinski break out the way Jones helped Vlasic, with the promise to trade him to a contender at the deadline if he wants to be. Guttman, Donato, Phillips, and Crevier offer depth in case of injury, to avoid needing to rush any prospects. Korchinski and/or Kaiser could spend some time in the AHL if they struggle or to give Ethan Del Mastro a look in the NHL. Levyshunov spends most of the year at Michigan St. or Rockford. This leaves ~$35 million of cap space for next offseason to resign Kurashev, Slaggert, and Kaiser; sign big-name free agents; or otherwise build a playoff contender. It also leaves space on the roster as more prospects are ready for the NHL.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Anderson, Joey	2	$1,150,000
Crevier, Louis	1	$1,000,000
Phillips, Isaak	1	$1,000,000
Guttman, Cole	1	$1,150,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tanev, Christopher		1	$5,500,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Levshunov, Artyom	3	$950,000
Chernyshov, Igor	3	$950,000
Greentree, Liam	3	$950,000
Greentree, Liam	3	$950,000

Trades

CHI

Skinner, Jeff
2024 1st round pick (BUF)
2026 1st round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

2026 1st top-10 protected in 2026, top-3 protected in 2027, unprotected in 2028

BUF

Raddysh, Taylor [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (NYI)
2026 2nd round pick (NYI)
2026 4th round pick (CHI)

CHI

Tavares, John
2024 1st round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Values Tavares dump as early 2nd round pick

TOR

2024 2nd round pick (NYI)
2024 3rd round pick (CHI)

Buyouts

Josh Bailey: $1,166,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake McCabe: $2,000,000 (50%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$88,000,000	$78,776,667	$0	$6,675,000	$9,223,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 2	Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1
Skinner, Jeff $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 1	Nazar, Frank $950,000$950,000 ($900,000$900K) RW, C RFA - 2
Reichel, Lukas $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Dickinson, Jason $4,250,000$4,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Slaggert, Landon $912,500$912,500 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 1	Foligno, Nick $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Anderson, Joey $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW UFA - 2
Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Guttman, Cole $1,150,000$1,150,000 C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Vlasic, Alex $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD UFA - 6	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Mrázek, Petr $4,250,000$4,250,000 G UFA - 2
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 2	Tanev, Christopher $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 6	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 1
Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Phillips, Isaak $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD RFA

Top Comments

Jun. 9 at 1:37 p.m.

Byrr

Joined: Jul. 2019

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Leafs aren't going to be dumping Tavares, they don't have another option at 2C.

Tavares isn't waiving his NMC to be cap dumped, it would sewer any negotiating leverage he has for his next contract the following the season.

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Jun. 9 at 1:39 p.m.

Zegrasnoob

Keep Zegras at ANA

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Quoting: Byrr

They can sign an UFA (duchene)

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Jun. 9 at 1:40 p.m.

Byrr

Joined: Jul. 2019

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Quoting: Zegrasnoob

They can sign an UFA (duchene)

They could but the list of realistic top 6 Cs for a team who wants to be contending is very short and it would be far from a sure thing to happen. Still doesn't solve the second point either, Tavares would be shooting himself in the foot to waive his NMC like that.

Jun. 9 at 1:55 p.m.

EmailTruck

Joined: May 2024

Posts: 170

Likes: 233

Quoting: Byrr

A quarter of the league has some form of NMC now. It doesn't necessarily make sense for Tavares to waive his NMC, but maybe he wants to play with Bedard or likes Chicago or is just done in Toronto. For the sake of these, I just assume that every player would waive their NMC, because I have no way of knowing who would and who wouldn't. As for Toronto not having a #2 center, they'd have $11 million more cap space. Steven Stamkos is from near Toronto, played better than Tavares last season, and should be a few million dollars per year cheaper. If Toronto isn't interested in Stamkos or don't think they could sign him I agree that this trade makes less sense.

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Jun. 9 at 1:58 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Jesus no

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