Bad Contract Swap with OTT

Équipe: 2019-20 Islanders de New York

Date de création initiale: 22 juill. 2019

Publié: 22 juill. 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Saw this idea floated around on the Web and it actually doesn't seem like a bad idea looking into it... interested in what Isles and/or Sens fans thought

Rationale:

Ladd and Ryan are both bad contracts, so this is following the Lucic for Neal type of deal. Ladd could potentially be an IR candidate for Ladd, so they might not even need to play him.

Plus, his deal is heavy with Signing Bonuses, which means if the trade were to happen now Ladd would only be owed 13m over the next 4 years (signing bonus for 19-20 has already been paid).

While Ryan would be owed 20.5m over the next 3 years, meaning OTT would save 7.5m in actual dollars and 1.75m per on the CAP.

I did the trade as a straight 1 for 1, since Ryan has a higher annual AAV but Ladd has an additional year. Additional conditional picks can be added to sweeten the pot, one way or the other, if need be.

The idea being that Ryan, playing on the 2nd line with Bailey and Nelson might actually be able to regain his 40-50 point days (he had 42pts last season), while Ladd could save OTT money and also provide veteran leadership on the 3rd line, if healthy, or he can simply be a contract they use to help them stay above the CAP floor going forward on the IR, or LTIR

Lastly, Ryan's deal is more buyout friendly than Ladds, so if the deal doesn't work out, Ryan can be bought out with almost a 3.8m savings per year.

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