Trade market options for our needs. Some UFA options to fill the same voids but just for discussion.
Solid Veteran Forwards that may come as "Cap dumps" but are still quality options:
Alex Killorn/Tyler Johnson
Tyler Bozak
Derek Stepan
Michael Ferland
Carl Hagelin/Richard Panik
Nick Bjugstad
Ryan Dzingel
Gustav Nyquist/Boone Jenner
Dustin Brown/Jeff Carter
Bobby Ryan/Artem Anisimov
Washed up fourth liners as cap dumps:
Louie Eriksson
Alexander Steen
Defenders to target:
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Alex Goligoski/Niklas Hjalmarsson/Jason Demers (if they come cheap as one-year cap dumps)
Hampus Lindholm/Cam Fowler
Shayne Gostisbehere
Keith Yandle (depends how much salary Florida is planning to cut but a little too old)
Michael Matheson (that term is worrisome though)
Rasmus Ristolainen/Colin Miller/Jake McCabe
Vince Dunn
Mikhail Sergachev
Jonas Brodin (with extension preferably)
Ryan Murray/David Savard/Markus Nutivaara (as one-year trial with possible extensions)
Nikita Zadorov (might go UFA as Colorado may not want to qualify that 3.1 million AAV)
According to CapFriendly:
FORWARDS:
Alex Killorn (modified NTC w/ 16 team list)
Tyler Johnson (full NTC)
Tyler Bozak (modified NTC w/ 10 team list)
Derek Stepan (nothing)
Micheal Ferland (full NMC)
Carl Hagelin (nothing but he has 3 years left & not sure the Caps are interested in moving him on his cheap deal.)
Richard Panik (ditto)
Nick Bjugstad (Nothing, I’d consider him a straight up cap dump after his year plus his contract is back loaded so while his cap hit is 4.1m he makes 5.25m)
Ryan Dzingel (nothing)
Gustav Nyquist (nothing but it’s a big contract that Columbus doesn’t need to move, and they might not want to at all, so not sure what the play is here.)
Boone Jenner (nothing but I can only see him moving because the Blue Jackets are selling high when teams are looking to get physical for the playoff and we aren’t at that stage.)
Dustin Brown (modified NTC with a 7 team list)
Jeff Carter (Nothing, but his deal was back loaded so he only makes 2m, he wears an “A” and LA has tons of cap space so they won’t move him unless they get a great return and why would we give up a lot for Carter?)
Bobby Ryan (modified NTC with a 10 team list)
Artem Anisimov (nothing)
Loui Eriksson (modified NTC w/ 15 team list)
DEFENSE:
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (NMC)
Alex Goligoski (modified NTC w/ 8 team list)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (NMC)
Jason Demers (nothing)
Hampus Lindholm (nothing)
Cam Fowler (modified NTC w/ 4 team list)
Ghost Bear (nothing)
Keith Yandle (NMC)
Micheal Matheson (nothing)
Rasmus Ristolainen (nothing)
Colin Miller (nothing)
Jake McCabe (nothing)
Vince Dunn (nothing)
Mikhail Sergachev (nothing)
Jonas Brodin (nothing)
Ryan Murray (nothing)
David Savard (nothing)
Markus Nutivaara (nothing)
Nikita Zadorov (nothing)