Buyout Strategy 20

Équipe: 2020-21 Islanders de New York

Date de création initiale: 15 nov. 2020

Publié: 15 nov. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

1. Ladd is likely going to LTIR. Don’t @ me about him playing in the ECF. His knees and hips are shot and he cost the Isles Game 2 against Tampa. Beat writers like Arthur Staple say that Lou will put him on Robidas Island.
2. Many teams in the NHL want to pare down payroll. Isles should look to swap for contracts they can buy out- trade for Neal and buy his contract out.
3. Move Boychuk out for a contract, and throw in some 2nd rounders to make it happen. Filppula for Boychuk is really a $3 million cap hit for Detroit (actual money it’s a wash). Valteri can play LW and C, which the Isles will need when injuries mount.
4. That will give the Isles enough room to not only sign Barzal, Martin, and Greene but also a free agent on the level of Hoffman. They don’t HAVE to get him, and I can make arguments for Söderberg or Granlund instead.
5. Note: I don’t think Wahlstrom, Koivula, Wilde, or Bellows are ready. I think it’s more likely that Bolduc, Hutton, and Greer come up when injuries happen. Ho-Sang has an outside shot but that’s about it.

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