Brodin

Équipe: 2017-18 Sabres de Buffalo

Date de création initiale: 23 mai 2017

Publié: 23 mai 2017

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Reasoning for Minny:
Kane gets them a bull of a power forward who is always playing at 110% and can pot 30 goals when healthy. Although he's never had a chance to prove it, he's one of those players that would wear down opposing teams in the playoffs. He is, however, set to become a UFA after this upcoming season. Baptiste is a ripe RW prospect who has impressed in short stints in Buffalo and will likely make the jump next season. And to even things out, they get their second round pick back for this years draft.
The Wild have $11.44M in space right now (maybe a little more if the cap goes up) with only 15/23 roster spots filled. 5 RFAs on the roster and a few more in the system. I'd imagine that they'll want to re-sign the likes of Granlund, Nino, Haula, Folin, Reilly, Olofsson, etc. which will cost at least $15M by my estimates. If no changes are made and Vegas took Dumba in the expansion draft (Brodin protected), they'll only have around $13M in space and probably lose either Granlund or Nino.
If Pommer and Brodin were traded and Vegas takes Scandella (Dumba protected), they'll have around $17.7 in cap space (including Kane and Baptiste's contracts) and could sign all their RFAs and even have room for a cheap vet 4C or depth defenseman. Losing Brodin and Scandella would leave a hole on LD, but I figured that Reilly and Olofsson have to get their chance at some point.

Reasoning for Buffalo:
Jonas Brodin slides into our top spot and gives Risto a solid partner. This allows McCabe to move down to the second pair and give Antipin a physically dominant partner. Taking Pommer's contract off of Minny's hands allows us to get him without giving up a core piece. And Pommer isn't useless. He put up 47 points this past season and I could see him pairing up nicely on Reinhart's wing. I wouldn't want to lose Baptiste, but RW is our most expendable position right now.
Additionally, if Nylander doesn't make the team out of camp we can move Foligno up and put Moulson on the fourth line.

The retained money benefits both teams. Minny has a cap problem this year, so they'd gain around $1.625M of space to make their signings and even pick up an extra piece to make another run at the cup. We're going to hit that wall next season, and with Kane's contract over we'll have an extra $1M of Pommer's contract to work with. Unless the CBA has rules regarding retaining money at both ends of a trade, this helps both parties.

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