2020 7-Round Mock Draft 5.0 (All GMs Please Read Post #662)

[Duke16]

Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter are available

 

[Carl182]

I am looking to give Lucas Johansen a fresh start. Probably for an other underachieving prospect or picks!

 

[McMozesmadness]

Trade Block:
- James Neal
- Kris Russell
- Jesse Puljujarvi
- Jujhar Khaira

Needs:
- Depth Scoring
- Wingers
- Veteran RHD

PM me!

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

Screw it. Boston doesn't pick until 62, and NYI not until the 3rd round. We'll worry about them later.

Congrats to @Vanquish and the Minnesota Wild at winning the draft lottery.

Trades can now be announced.

 

[Carl182]

Here comes the wave of trade annoucements!

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

SABRES ACQUIRE SEAN MONAHAN FROM FLAMES

BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo Sabres announced today that the team has acquired forward Sean Monahan from the Calgary Flames in exchange for forward Tomas Hertl and the rights to defenseman Lawrence Pilut. The Sabres had acquired Hertl earlier in the day from San Jose, along with the 60th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for forward Casey Mittelstadt, goaltender Carter Hutton, the 38th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and a 2nd round pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

Monahan (6' 2", 200 lbs, 10/12/1994) joins the Sabres after spending the last seven seasons in Calgary. During that span, Monahan tallied 194 goals and 411 points in 541 NHL games. Prior to turning pro, he spent three seasons with the OHL's Ottawa 67's, including one as Captain. The Brampton, Ontario native was drafted in the 1st round, 6th overall by the Flames in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

"We are beyond thrilled to add a stud center in Sean," said the Sabres GM. "We had to get creative (and we'd like to thank Tomas Hertl for his roughly 45 minutes with the Sabres), but in the end we've added a talented goal-scorer and bona fide top-6 center to our lineup. He will complement Jack well. Thanks to Casey and Carter for their time in Buffalo. Screw Lawrence for fleeing to Russia."

The 2020 NHL Entry Draft begins virtually this weekend.

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

SABRES ACQUIRE ANTTI RAANTA FROM APOLLOS

BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo Sabres announced today that the team has acquired goaltender Antti Raanta from the Houston Apollos in exchange for forward Marcus Johansson and defenseman Linus Cronholm. As a part of the deal, the Sabres will retain 50% of Johansson's salary for the 2020-21 season.

Raanta (6' 0", 195 lbs, 5/12/1989) comes to Buffalo following a three-year stint with the Arizona Coyotes. Prior to joining the Coyotes, Raanta spent time with the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers. In his 7-year NHL career, Raanta has posted a 2.40 Goals Against Average and a .921 Save Percentage in 186 games. The Rauma, Finland native was undrafted.

"We are excited to add Antti to sure up the goaltending position," said the Sabres GM. "Antti has proven he has the ability to be a starter in this league and we are confident he will win us some games this season. Thank you to Marcus and Linus for their contributions to the Sabres organization."

The 2020 NHL Entry Draft begins virtually this weekend.

 

[Vanquish]

Screw it. Boston doesn't pick until 62, and NYI not until the 3rd round. We'll worry about them later.

Congrats to @Vanquish and the Minnesota Wild at winning the draft lottery.

Trades can now be announced.

WHHAAAATTT!!!!

I already traded away my first round pick

I have royally screwed myself before this mock even began.

Gave up what is now 1OA and took on salary with plan of compliance buyout but didnt realise there was no buyout

I AM THE BIGGEST DUMBASS ON HFB RIGHT NOW!!

 

[OB5]

SABRES ACQUIRE SEAN MONAHAN FROM FLAMES

BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo Sabres announced today that the team has acquired forward Sean Monahan from the Calgary Flames in exchange for forward Tomas Hertl and the rights to defenseman Lawrence Pilut. The Sabres had acquired Hertl earlier in the day from San Jose, along with the 60th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for forward Casey Mittelstadt, goaltender Carter Hutton, the 38th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and a 2nd round pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

Monahan (6' 2", 200 lbs, 10/12/1994) joins the Sabres after spending the last seven seasons in Calgary. During that span, Monahan tallied 194 goals and 411 points in 541 NHL games. Prior to turning pro, he spent three seasons with the OHL's Ottawa 67's, including one as Captain. The Brampton, Ontario native was drafted in the 1st round, 6th overall by the Flames in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

"We are beyond thrilled to add a stud center in Sean," said the Sabres GM. "We had to get creative (and we'd like to thank Tomas Hertl for his roughly 45 minutes with the Sabres), but in the end we've added a talented goal-scorer and bona fide top-6 center to our lineup. He will complement Jack well. Thanks to Casey and Carter for their time in Buffalo. Screw Lawrence for fleeing to Russia."

The 2020 NHL Entry Draft begins virtually this weekend.

I mean I’m not going to say to no to Hertl for Monahan. Happy to nab Pilut too. He’s coming back to North America and has signed a 2 year contract with a 975k AAV.

 

[OB5]

WHHAAAATTT!!!!

I already traded away my first round pick

I have royally screwed myself before this mock even began.

Gave up what is now 1OA and took on salary with plan of compliance buyout but didnt realise there was no buyout

I AM THE BIGGEST DUMBASS ON HFB RIGHT NOW!!

Damn. Who’s the lucky team?

 

[Carl182]

WHHAAAATTT!!!!

I already traded away my first round pick

I have royally screwed myself before this mock even began.

Gave up what is now 1OA and took on salary with plan of compliance buyout but didnt realise there was no buyout

I AM THE BIGGEST DUMBASS ON HFB RIGHT NOW!!

Can't wait to see the trade announcement!

 

[flyersdad]

acquire Ben Gleason, DAL 2021 2nd, and DAL 2022 4th

acquire PK Subann (50%)

@ConnorMcMullet to confirm

 

[flyersdad]

acquire Olli Maatta

acquire 2021 NJ 7th RD pick

@Teemu to confirm

 

[flyersdad]

aquire Olli Juolevi, 2020 4th RD pick (110th overall), and 2021 VAN 2nd

acquire Nikita Gusev

@Vanquish to confirm

 

[Soli]

C-c-c-c-combo breaker!!

TEAM A	ACQUIRES	TEAM B	ACQUIRES
	Timo Meier Marc-Edouard Vlasic ($3M Ret.) Nicholas Meloche	​	Brett Connolly Anton Stralman Riley Stillman Owen Tippett Serron Noel
​	3-WAY TRADE (OTT/QUE/SJS)​	​	Logan Hutsko Vladislav Kolyachonok $3M Ret. (M. Vlasic)
	Paul Stastny ($1M Ret.)	​	Frank Vatrano

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[flyersdad]

acquire 2020 3rd (81st overall) and RFA rights to Cameron Morrison

acquire Travis Zajac (50% retained)

@Hasbro to confirm

 

[flyersdad]

BLOCKBUSTER

acquire Brett Burns and 2020 OTT 5th RD pick (126th overall)

acquire Matt Niskanen, Samuel Morin, Connor Bunnaman, and 2020 PHI 2nd RD pick (57th overall)

@ViktorBaeArvidsson to confirm

 

[hockeynorth]

C-c-c-c-combo breaker!!

TEAM A	ACQUIRES	TEAM B	ACQUIRES
	Timo Meier Marc-Edouard Vlasic ($3M Ret.) Nicholas Meloche	​	Brett Connolly Anton Stralman Riley Stillman Owen Tippett Serron Noel
​	3-WAY TRADE (OTT/QUE/SJS)​	​	Logan Hutsko Vladislav Kolyachonok $3M Ret. (M. Vlasic)

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Confirm as Ottawa

 

[Teemu]

acquire Olli Maatta

acquire 2021 NJ 7th RD pick

@Teemu to confirm

Yep

Also:

To QUE: Paul Stastny (1M retained)
To VGK: Frank Vatrano

 

[Vanquish]

aquire Olli Juolevi, 2020 4th RD pick (110th overall), and 2021 VAN 2nd

acquire Nikita Gusev

@Vanquish to confirm

Vancouver confirms

 

[Carl182]

C-c-c-c-combo breaker!!

TEAM A	ACQUIRES	TEAM B	ACQUIRES
	Timo Meier Marc-Edouard Vlasic ($3M Ret.) Nicholas Meloche	​	Brett Connolly Anton Stralman Riley Stillman Owen Tippett Serron Noel
​	3-WAY TRADE (OTT/QUE/SJS)​	​	Logan Hutsko Vladislav Kolyachonok $3M Ret. (M. Vlasic)

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Nice move by Ottawa!

 

[OB5]

Habs exploring trading Shea Weber and Carey Price

 

[hockeynorth]

When does the drafting start?

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

WHHAAAATTT!!!!

I already traded away my first round pick

I have royally screwed myself before this mock even began.

Gave up what is now 1OA and took on salary with plan of compliance buyout but didnt realise there was no buyout

I AM THE BIGGEST DUMBASS ON HFB RIGHT NOW!!

Whatever this trade is, I’m voiding it. No GM would ever trade a lottery pick before they know what it is.

 

[Vanquish]

Can't wait to see the trade announcement!

It is going to be so underwhelming it really confirms my Dumbass claim.

 

[uncleben]

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forwards
Zach Hyman (28, LW/RW, 2.25) | Auston Matthews A (22, C, 11.634) | Jakub Voracek A (30, RW, 6.0)
Ilya Mikheyev (25, LW/RW, 2.0) | John Tavares C (29, C, 11.0) | William Nylander (24, RW/LW, 6.962366)
Pierre Engvall (24, LW/RW, 1.25) | Alex Kerfoot (25, C/LW, 3.5) | Kasperi Kapanen (23, RW/LW, 3.2)
Nick Robertson (18, LW, 0.85) | Jason Dickinson (25, C, 1.5) | Denis Malgin (23, RW/C, 0.725)
Alexander Barabanov (26, LW/RW, 0.925) | Jason Spezza (37, C/RW, 1.0) | ---
| |
Adam Liska (20, LW, 0.915) | Mikhail Abramov (19, C, 0.81) | Wade Allison (22, RW, 0.925)
Kenny Agostino (28, LW/C, 0.7375) | Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (19, C, 0.783333) | Yegor Korshkov (23, RW, 0.925)
Scott Wilson (28, LW, 0.725) | Kalle Kossila (27, C, 0.7) | Adam Brooks (24, RW/C, 0.725)
Hyman M-NTC, Tavares NMC


Defence
Morgan Rielly A (26, LD, 5.0) | Cody Ceci (26, RD, 2.0)
Jake Muzzin (31, LD, 5.625) | Justin Holl (28, RD, 2.0)
Rasmus Sandin (20, LD, 0.894167) | Mikko Lehtonen (28, LD, 0.925)
Calle Rosen (26, LD, 0.75) | Timothy Liljegren (21, RD, 0.863333)
|
Kristians Rubins (22, LD, 0.785)) | Joe Duszak (22, RD, 0.8)
Filip Kral (20, LD, 0.81) | Mac Hollowell (21, RD, 0.799766)
Teemu Kivihalme (25, LD, 0.725) | Jesper Lindgren (23, RD, 0.775833)
Andreas Borgman (25, LD, 0.7) | Martin Marincin (28, LD, 0.7)


Goalies
Frederik Andersen (30, G, 5.0) | Jack Campbell (28, G, 1.65)
|
Ian Scott (21, G, 0.805833) | Joe Woll (21, G, 0.8)
Andersen M-NTC


​

UFA
Nathan Horton (35, RW, 5.3 M-NTC, NMC), David Clarkson (36, RW, 5.25 M-NTC, NMC), Kyle Clifford (29, LW, 1.6), Miikka Salomaki (27, LW/RW, 0.75), Garrett Wilson (29, LW/RW, 0.725), Jason Spezza (37, C/RW, 0.7 NTC), Tyler Gaudet (27, C, 0.7), Matt Lorito (29, LW/RW, 0.675), Miro Aaltonen (27, C/LW/RW, unsigned), Riley Stotts (20, C, unsigned)
...
Tyson Barrie (28, RD, 5.5), Cody Ceci (26, RD, 4.5), Kevin Gravel (28, LD, 0.7)
...
Kasimir Kaskisuo (26, G, 0.675), Zachary Bouthillier (20, G, unsigned)

RFA
Max Veronneau* (24, RW, 0.925), Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson† (23, RW, unsigned)
...
...
*Not qualified - †On loan - –Signed

Unsigned Prospects
Vasili Ponomaryov (18, C, '20), Daniel Ljungman (18, C, '20), Carl Berglund (20, C, '20), Curtis Douglas (20, C, '20), Cole Galata (18, RW, '20), Aatu Jamsen (18, LW, '20), Nick Abruzzese (21, C, '19), Andre Lee (20, C, '19), Jake Schmaltz (21, C, '19), Jay O'Brien (20, C, '18), Pontus Holmberg (21, LW/C, '18), Semyon Kizimov (20, RW, '18), Vladislav Kara (22, C, '17), Vladimir Bobylev (23, LW/C, '16), Fabrice Herzog (25, LW/RW, '13)
...
Luke Krys (19, RD, '20), Danila Palivko (18, LD, '20), Cam York (19, LD, '19), Mikko Kokkonen (19, LD, '19), Mike Koster (19, LD, '19), Kalle Loponen (19, RD, '19), Santtu Kinnunen (21, RD, '18), Eemeli Rasanen (21, RD, '17), Ryan O'Connell (21, LD, '17), J.D. Greenway (22, LD, '16)
...
Dylan Garand (18, G, '20)


Retained Salary
Phil Kessel (32, RW, 1.2)

Projected 2020-21 Cap Hit: 78.703866
Projected 2020-21 Cap Space: 2.796134
Contracts: 44


Draft Picks:
2020:
2nd (50th) - Vasili Ponomaryov, C
4th (112th) - Dylan Garand, G
5th (148th; via VGK) - Daniel Ljungman, C
6th (174th; via CAR) - Luke Krys, RD
6th (178th) - Carl Berglund, C
6th (184th; via COL) - Danila Palivko, LD
7th (189th; via SJS) - Curtis Douglas, C
7th (198th; via WPG, MIN) - Cole Galata, RW
7th (216th; via STL) - Aatu Jamsen, LW
2021:
1st, 1st (via PHI), 2nd, 3rd (via DAL), 5th, 6th, 6th (via NJD), 6th (via QUE), 7th
2022:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

Signings:
UFA:
Cody Ceci - 2.0, 1 yr
Jason Spezza - 1.1, 1 yr
Adam Liska - 0.915, 3 yr
Scott Wilson - 0.725, 2yr
Andreas Borgman - 0.7, 1 yr
J.T. Brown - 0.7, 1 yr
RFA:
Ilya Mikheyev - 2.0, 2 yr
Denis Malgin - 0.725, 2 yr
Minor league deals:
Matt Lorito, Riley Stotts, Max Veronneau, Yannis Soukas

Trades:
To Toronto: 2021 6th
To New Jersey: Nic Petan

To Toronto: Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, Jake Schmaltz
To Boston: Jeremy Bracco, Pontus Aberg

To Toronto: Jakub Voracek (72.7%), Wade Allison, Cam York, Jay O'Brien, c. 2021 1st (Top-3 Protected)
To Philadelphia: Mitch Marner, Nikolai Chebykin, 2021 4th

To Toronto: Jason Dickinson, 2021 3rd
To Dallas: Andreas Johnsson, 2020 4th (via VGK)

To Toronto: Santtu Kinnunen, 2021 6th
To Quebec: Frederik Gauthier

To Toronto: Andre Lee, 2021 3rd
To Los Angeles: Travis Dermott

Development Camp Invites:
F: Charles Beaudoin (RW), Alexis Bolduc (C), Maxim Nevolin (RW), Matthew Rempe (C), Janis Svanenbergs (RW), Raimonds Vitolins (RW)
D: Ole Bjorgvik Holm (LD), Andrej Golian (LD), Marc-Antoine Pepin (LD)
G: Charles-Antoine Lavallee (G)

Boston Bruins

Forwards
Brad Marchand (32, LW, 6.125) | David Krejci A (34, C, 7.25) | David Pastrnak (24, RW, 6.666666)
Jake DeBrusk (23, LW/RW, 3.5) | Patrice Bergeron A (34, C, 6.875) | Ondrej Kase (24, RW, 2.6)
Richard Panik (29, LW/RW, 2.75) | Charlie Coyle (28, C/RW, 5.25) | Chris Wagner (29, RW/C, 1.35)
Sean Kuraly (27, LW/C, 1.275) | Par Lindholm (28, C/LW, 0.85) | Anders Bjork (23, LW/RW, 1.5)
--- | Mikhail Vorobyov (23, C, 0.825) | ---
| |
Karch Bachman (23, LW, 0.7925) | Trent Frederic (22, C, 0.925) | Chris Stewart (32, RW, 0.7875)
Cameron Hughes (23, LW/C, 0.7925) | Pavel Shen (20, C, 0.809167) | Jeremy Bracco (23, RW, 0.7875)
Jakub Lauko (20, LW/C, 0.786667) | Jack Studnicka (21, C, 0.769167) | Robert Lantosi (24, RW, 0.75)
Peter Cehlarik (24, LW/RW, 0.735)| Mike Vecchione (27, C/RW, 0.725) | J.C. Lipon (27, RW, 0.7)
Anton Blidh (25, LW/RW, 0.7) | Paul Carey (31, C/LW, 0.7) | ---
Bergeron NMC, Krejci M-NTC, Marchand NMC


Defence
John Moore (29, LD, 2.75) | Alex Pietrangelo A (30, RD, 8.25)
Brandon Carlo (23, LD, 2.85) | Charlie McAvoy (22, RD, 4.9)
Zdeno Chara C (43, LD, 1.6 NMC) | Robert Bortuzzo (31, RD, 1.375)
--- | Kevan Miller (32, RD, 2.5)
|
Jack Ahcan (23, LD, 0.925) | Connor Clifton (25, RD, 1.0)
Urho Vaakanainen (21, LD, 0.894167) | Victor Berglund (20, RD, 0.818333)
Nick Wolff (23, LD, 0.7925) | Steven Kampfer (31, RD, 0.8)
Jakub Zboril (23, LD, 0.725) | Darren Raddysh (24, RD, 0.7)
Gavin Bayreuther (26, LD, 0.725) | ---


Goalies
Tuukka Rask (33, G, 7.0) | Jaroslav Halak (35, G, 2.25)
|
Daniel Vladar (22, G, 0.945) | Jeremy Swayman (21, G, 0.925)
Kyle Keyser (21, G, 0.733333) | ---
Rask M-NTC


​

UFA
Joakim Nordstrom (28, LW, 1.0), Ryan Fitzgerald (25, C/RW, 0.7), Karch Bachman (23, LW, unsigned)
...
Torey Krug (29, LD, 5.25 M-NTC), Kevan Miller (32, RD, 2.5), Zdeno Chara C (43, LD, 2.0 NMC), Alex Petrovic (28, RD, 0.7), Cameron Clarke (24, RD, unsigned)
...
Maxime Lagace (27, G, 0.7)

RFA
Zach Senyshyn* (23, RW, 0.863333), Karson Kuhlman* (24, RW/C, 0.75), Pontus Aberg† (26, RW/LW, 0.7), Alexander Khokhlachev† (26, C/LW, unsigned)
...
Matt Grzelcyk (26, LD, 1.4), Jakub Zboril* (23, LD, 0.863333)
...
*Not qualified - †On loan - –Signed

Unsigned Prospects
Oliver Suni (18, RW, '20), Artem Shlaine (18, C, '20), Robert Griffin (19, C, '20), John Beecher (19, C, '19), Quinn Olson (19, C/LW, '19), Matias Mantykivi (19, C, '19), Curtis Hall (20, C, '18), Jack Becker (23, C, '15)
...
William Villeneuve (18, RD, '20), Alec Belanger (18, LD, '20), Roman Bychkov (19, LD, '19), Dustyn McFaul (19, LD, '18), Maxim Chudinov (30, RD, '10)
...
Samuel Hlavaj (19, G, '20),


Retained Salary
David Backes (36, C/RW, 1.5)

Projected 2020-21 Cap Hit: 78.791666
Projected 2020-21 Cap Space: 2.708334
Contracts: 47


Draft Picks:
2020:
2nd (62nd) - William Villeneuve, RD
5th (143rd; via QUE, TOR) - Oliver Suni, RW
5th (150th; via PHI) - Artem Shlaine, C
5th (155th) - Samuel Hlavaj, G
6th (186th) - Alec Belanger, LD
7th (217th) - Robert Griffin, C
2021:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 7th (via WSH)
2022:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

Signings:
UFA:
Alex Pietrangelo - 8.25, 5 yr
Zdeno Chara - 1.6, 1 yr
Kevan Miller - 1.0, 1 yr
Chris Stewart - 0.95, 1 yr
Karch Bachman - 0.7925, 2 yr
Gavin Bayreuther - 0.725, 2 yr
Mike Vecchione - 0.725, 2 yr
Jakub Zboril - 0.725, 2 yr
J.C. Lipon - 0.7, 1 yr
RFA:
Jake DeBrusk - 3.5, 2 yr
Daniel Vladar - 0.945, 3 yr
Mikhail Vorobyov - 0.825, 2 yr
Jeremy Bracco - 0.7875, 1 yr
Peter Cehlarik - 0.735, 2 yr
Darren Raddysh - 0.7, 1 yr
Minor league deals:
Aaron Luchuk, Dylan Malmquist

Trades:
To Boston: Jeremy Bracco, Pontus Aberg
To Toronto: Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, Jake Schmaltz

To Boston: Darren Raddysh
To New York: Wiley Sherman

To Boston: Richard Panik, 2021 7th
To Washington: Nick Ritchie, Brett Ritchie

To Boston: Mikhail Vorobyov, 2020 5th
To Philadelphia: Brendan Gaunce, 2020 3rd

To Boston: 2021 5th, Karch Bachman
To Quebec: Jeremy Lauzon

To Boston: Robert Bortuzzo
To St. Louis: Oskar Steen, Linus Arnesson, Joona Koppanen

Development Camp Invites:
F: Jakub Borzecki (RW), Matej Kaslik (C), Declan McDonnell (RW), Riley Piercey (LW)
D: David Aebischer (RD), Jeremie Biakabutuka (RD), Aidan de la Gorgendiere (LD), Ryker Evans (LD), Nathan Larose (RD)
G: Brett Brochu (G), Brayden Peters (G)