Just tried another expansion draft with
Cap Friendly's simulator and came up with this.
Team | Player | Age | Position | Salary | Contract |
| | | | | |
Anaheim | Sonny Milano | 25 | LW | $1.7 | (RFA 2022) |
Arizona | Kyle Capobianco | 24 | D | $750K | (RFA 2022) |
Boston | Jeremy Lauzon | 24 | RD | $850K | (RFA 2022) |
Buffalo | Collin Miller | 29 | RD | $3.875 | (UFA 2022) |
Calgary | Sam Bennett | 25 | LW/C | $2.55 | (RFA 2021) |
Carolina | Jake Bean | 23 | LD | $860K | (RFA 2021) |
Chicago | Nikita Zadorov | 26 | LD/RD | $3.2 | (RFA 2021) |
Colorado | Devon Toews | 27 | LD | $4.1 | (UFA 2024) |
Columbus | Dean Kukan | 28 | RD | $1.65 | (UFA 2022) |
Dallas | Julius Honka | 25 | RD | $700K | (RFA 2021) |
Detroit | Givani Smith | 23 | LW | $714K | (RFA 2021) |
Edmonton | Caleb Jones | 24 | LD | $850K | (RFA 2022) |
Florida | Radko Goudas | 31 | RD | $2.5 | (UFA 2023) |
Los Angeles | Martin Frk | 28 | LW | $725K | (UFA 2022) |
Minnesota | Jordan Greenway | 24 | LW | $2.1 | (RFA 2022) |
Montreal | Jake Allen | 31 | G | $2.85 | (UFA 2023) |
Nashville | Connor Ingram | 24 | G | $733K | (RFA 2023) |
New Jersey | Miles Wood | 26 | LW | $2.75 | (RFA 2022) |
New York Islanders | Scott Mayfield | 29 | RD | $1.45 | (UFA 2023) |
New York Rangers | Brendan Lemieux | 25 | LW | $1.55 | (RFA 2022) |
Ottawa | Filip Chlapik | 24 | C | $735K | (RFA 2021) |
Philadelphia | James van Riemsdyk | 32 | LW | $7.0 | (UFA 2023) |
Pittsburgh | Jared McCann | 25 | LW | $2.94 | (RFA 2022) |
San Jose | Maxim Letunov | 25 | C | $700K | (RFA 2021) |
St. Louis | Sammy Blais | 25 | LW/RW | $1.5 | (RFA 2022) |
Tampa Bay | Tyler Johnson | 31 | LW | $5.0 | (UFA 2024) |
Toronto | Travis Dermott | 24 | LD | $875K | (RFA 2021) |
Vancouver | Braden Holtby | 31 | G | $4.3 | (UFA 2022) |
Washington | T.J. Oshie | 34 | RW/C | $5.75 | (UFA 2025) |
Winnipeg | Mason Appleton | 25 | RW/C | $900K | (RFA 2022) |
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It would meet the requirements of at least 20 players being under contract for 2021-22 and would be over the cap floor with $67.7 mil.
We could then flip some of those players to other teams and use the remaining money to re-sign the RFA's we want while still having some fllexibility in free agency.
Having that flexibility in Free Agency would also be needed, because the team(as constructed) would be really thin at C.
Also, Johnson, van Riemsdyk and Oshie would only be drafted if their teams gave us prospects/picks on top of it.
How would your team look like?