Confirmed with Link: Dadonov traded for Shea Weber.
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LadyStanley
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Golden Knights trade forward for 2nd time
In a salary cap move, the Golden Knights traded forward Evgenii Dadonov to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday for the contract of defenseman Shea Weber.
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Weber unsigned for next season, so VGK can let him walk
Golden Knights trade forward for 2nd time
In a salary cap move, the Golden Knights traded forward Evgenii Dadonov to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday for the contract of defenseman Shea Weber.
Weber unsigned for next season, so VGK can let him walk
What? Do you mean in the 2026 offseason? Weber has 4 years of ~7.9M/yr remaining.
So Las Vegas is going to spend every penny of the cap, maxing out over w/ LTIR. This move confirms that Weber is officially effectively retired.
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Weber is signed through 2025-2026 @ 7.9M.Golden Knights trade forward for 2nd time
In a salary cap move, the Golden Knights traded forward Evgenii Dadonov to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday for the contract of defenseman Shea Weber.
Weber unsigned for next season, so VGK can let him walk
What the hell are they doing? LTIR wil disable the team from banking salary cap again.
Golden Knights can presumably move Weber in the future (ex. Arizone, Buffalo for phantom cap usage), much like Pronger. This was a fast cap fix for next year.
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Weird but not a terrible move imo. Weber is owed 3 million this year and only 1 million the next 3. I don’t except us to clear enough cap to bank cap this year and that’s actually an attractive contract for any cheap owners in the near future.
I kind of like the deal, keeps them from going crazy at TDL and didn't have to give up assets to get rid of Daddy's contract.
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What a worthless way to shave 5 mil off the cap. With the way Canadiens trades have been with Vegas, Dadanov will crack the 30 goal mark for the first time in his career. There's other guys I would have hoped to trade in the 5 million plus range before Dadanov
Yeah the Habs just need to make a trade and then a Suzuki/Tatar/Daddy line will go bonkers. And they will still finish about 4 spots out of the playoffs.
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It is a fast cap fix for next year IF they have a taker for him. And it's cutting muscle instead of fat. It escapes me why the mcgms hate Dadonov, he did nothing but contribute. But I get it, you wanna get rid of him. Trade him for a future consideration instead of an ltir anchor you hope to unload.
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Other teams have used permanent LTIR guys for cap management, I don't get why you think he's an asset that gets traded anytime soon. He's an option for a trade in the future as the cap goes up and his actual cost goes down to $1m per year, but I doubt he's moved anytime this season.
Maybe Daddy deserves a little more respect, but he's still overpaid for cost and that makes him a target. He was worth the money back when he played with the Panthers, but now he's a one-dimensional winger who probably would have been heading back to Russia after next season if things didn't blow up over there.
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They're copying Tampa getting Seabrook. 1 more year and 1 more mil, but yeah.
While getting rid of Dadonov to boot.
Before the TDL he didn't contribute.
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Bergevin sent me an offer sheet
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My cap runneth over
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Dadonov refused to go to a team that might have a small chance at the playoffs next season, but is willing to go to a team that is probably going to end up with another top 5 pick?
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Henry, you're our only hope!
Important to note Dadonov's NTC list is from last summer. So it would make sense why Anaheim was on it and Montreal was not. Also probably why the trade happened now and not in a few weeks once the offseason starts.
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I don't see how they could do better getting rid of Dadonov and the cap hit.
The Weber LTIR doesn't do anything to us this year and will most likely be easily tradeable next year when there will be a 6.857 million dollar difference between his actual salary and his cap hit. Arizona in a 4500 seat arena for three years or four years would love to save 6 million dollars every year until they get a bigger arena.
We were going to spend to the cap to keep as much of the roster as we could anyway so banking cap space wasn't really on the cards this year regardless.
The Weber LTIR doesn't do anything to us this year and will most likely be easily tradeable next year when there will be a 6.857 million dollar difference between his actual salary and his cap hit. Arizona in a 4500 seat arena for three years or four years would love to save 6 million dollars every year until they get a bigger arena.
We were going to spend to the cap to keep as much of the roster as we could anyway so banking cap space wasn't really on the cards this year regardless.
Still need at least two moves.
Brossoit for nothing is obvious. Sort of telling the two acquisitions made last season they're just trying to dump this year.
The other move could be Pacioretty alone. Or it has to be Martinez or Lehner but neither of them would be enough so possibly something like Carrier and Patrick would need to be off the books also.
Brossoit for nothing is obvious. Sort of telling the two acquisitions made last season they're just trying to dump this year.
The other move could be Pacioretty alone. Or it has to be Martinez or Lehner but neither of them would be enough so possibly something like Carrier and Patrick would need to be off the books also.
