GM Game #6 by TP, AM, and IR

[BH4991]

Leafs Make Their Last Move; Send Gunnarsson to Edmonton

The Toronto Maple Leafs concluded their off-season today, sending defenceman Carl Gunnarsson to the Edmonton Oilers in the final move before the upcoming year.

"While we love Carl Gunnarsson we managed to bring Dan Girardi on board who we feel is an upgrade, and another right handed shot. As a result, we had to move Carl and Edmonton was very interested."

In exchange for Gunnarsson, the Leafs acquired their own 1st round selection in the 2015 Entry Draft that was sent in the James Reimer trade, as well as defensive prospect David Musil.

"Edmonton will be a better team with Carl, and we were able to secure a 3rd 1st round selection next year while also adding David Musil who will go straight to the Marlies. We feel this deal works very well for both sides."

confirmed, and we also acquired Ryan Rupert in this deal.

 

[BH4991]

The Oilers are finished. Here is our line-up and a summary of all of our moves…

2014-15 LINE-UP

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

Taylor Hall ($6.000m)| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ($6.000m)| Jordan Eberle ($6.000m)
David Perron ($3.813m)| Sam Gagner ($4.800m)| Scottie Upshall ($3.500m)
Brenden Morrow ($1.000m)| Brandon Sutter ($4.500m)| Mark Arcobello ($0.660m)
Adam Burish ($1.850m)| Boyd Gordon ($3.000m) | Jayson Megna ($0.874m)

Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

Carl Gunnarsson ($3.150m)| Justin Schultz ($3.500m)
Brooks Orpik ($4.000m)| Jeff Petry ($1.800m)
Martin Marincin ($0.730m)| Andrew Ference ($3.250m)

Goaltenders​

James Reimer ($3.250m)
Ben Scrivens ($2.500m)

Salary Cap: $71,100,000
Cap Payroll: $64,176,625
Cap Space: $6,923,375

TRADE SUMMARY:

Departed:
EDM’s 1st round pick (2015)
TOR’s 1st round pick (2015)
EDM's 4th round pick (2015)
EDM's 5th round pick (2014)
Simon Despres
Nail Yakupov
David Musil

Acquired:
PIT’s 1st round pick (2014)
SJS's 2nd round pick (2014)
FLA's 2nd round pick (2015)
Adam Burish
Brandon Sutter
Jayson Megna
James Reimer
Scottie Upshall
Carl Gunnarsson
Ryan Rupert

FREE AGENCY:
- Signed UFA Brenden Morrow to a one-year contract worth $1,000,000.
- Signed UFA Brooks Orpik to a two-year contract worth $8,000,000 ($4,000,000 P/Y)

DRAFTED:
1st Round Pick (EDM): Aaron Ekblad
1st Round Pick (PIT): Dylan Larkin
2nd Round Pick (SJS): Ben Thomas

 

[SixthSens]

Mike Cammalleri - Jason Spezza - Drew Stafford
Clarke MacArthur - Kyle Turris - Bobby Ryan
Cory Conacher - Mika Zibanejad - Jaromir Jagr
Sean Bergenheim - Zack Smith - Chris Neil
Erik Condra

Marc Methot - Erik Karlsson
Andrew MacDonald - Cody Ceci
Jared Cowen - Eric Gryba
Patrick Wiercioch

Craig Anderson
Robin Lehner​

Pretty happy with how things went. Addressed need for top six forwards (Cammalleri and Stafford), and a top four defenseman (MacDonald). Added veteran depth (Jagr and Bergenheim) for cheap as well. Feel like there's three capable scoring lines and a high energy pest line. The defense has a well balance of puck movers and stay-at-home guys, and the goaltending tandem is solid.

 

[888 98 twins]

Confirmed

And we'd like to announce that we have placed Matt Hendricks on waivers with the intention of using our compliance buy-out.

So, Hendricks is a free agent?

 

[drnaud81]

Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Loui Eriksson
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Reilly Smith
Carl Soderberg - Ryan Spooner - David Moss
Daniel Paille - Chris Kelly- Ryan White
Matt Fraser

Zdeno Chara - Dougie Hamilton
Andy Greene - Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg - Adam McQuaid
Matt Bartkowski

Tuukka Rask
Chad Johnson
​

With a great performance in the playoff, we felt comfortable with our team and didn't make major changes during the offseason. Youngsters Reilly Smith and Ryan Spooner will be given more opportunities to have an impact, while the addition of David Moss (UFA) and Dennis Seidenberg (returning from injury) should solidify our core. We're looking forward to another great season next year.

 

[TribalPhoenix]

2014-2015 Toronto Maple Leafs



Phil Kessel - Tyler Bozak - James Van Riemsdyk
Joffrey Lupul - Nazem Kadri - Dustin Brown
Teemu Hartikainen - Brian Boyle - David Clarkson
Jerry D'Amigo - Jay McClement - Leo Komarov
Shawn Thornton
Peter Regin

Dion Phaneuf - Dan Girardi
Tim Gleason - Cody Franson
Morgan Rielly - Jake Gardiner
TJ Brennan

Jonathan Bernier
Ray Emery

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / Phil Kessel ($8.000m)
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($2.900m) / Dustin Brown ($5.875m)
Teemu Hartikaianen ($0.800m) / Brian Boyle ($1.000m) / David Clarkson ($5.250m)
Jerry D'Amigo ($0.650m) / Jay McClement ($2.000m) / Leo Komarov ($1.300m)
Peter Regin ($0.600m) / Shawn Thornton ($0.900m)
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($7.000m) / Dan Girardi ($6.000m)
Tim Gleason ($4.000m) / Cody Franson ($2.500m)
Morgan Rielly ($0.894m) / Jake Gardiner ($3.000m)
T.J. Brennan ($0.600m) /
GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Bernier ($2.900m)
Ray Emery ($1.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $70,869,167; BONUSES: $850,000
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $230,833

Changes:

Out: Brad Boyes (rental), Frazer McLaren, Nikolai Kulemin, Mason Raymond, James Reimer, Carl Gunnarsson, Paul Ranger, Colton Orr, Troy Bodie, Peter Holland, Stuart Percy, Carter Ashton, Ryan Rupert

In: Dustin Brown, Dan Girardi, Brian Boyle, Leo Komarov, Peter Regin, Teemu Hartikainen, Shawn Thornton, Ray Emery, David Musil, Tristan Jarry, EDM 1st 2015, PIT 1st 2015

Summary:

Forwards: We augmented our leadership and physical play by adding Dustin Brown - he hadn't had the greatest season in LA, but we're hoping that playing alongside his countrymen in JVR, Kessel, and Gleason, he will find his new stride. We paid a heavy price to get him and lost some depth in Holland, Ashton, and Percy, but this was a great add for us as a 2nd/3rd line winger. We also adopted a different approach for our 3rd and 4th lines - while they're less offensive, they're crasher and bangers with great defensive prowess by replacing guys like Mason Raymond, Troy Bodie, and Colton Orr with Leo Komarov, Shawn Thornton, and Brian Boyle. Peter Regin has been brought in to add a little bit of offensive flair in our bottom six.

Defence: We were committed to one thing - we needed another right handed shot, and one who could grow with the team and could log big minutes. Dan Girardi was the solution to our issue, so we knew we had to pursue him hard. In grabbing him, and spending more than we had planned, we had to trade Carl Gunnarsson. While he's a very good defenceman we feel Girardi is a better long term fit, and Gunnarsson's problematic hip made him we could look at moving. The return was good though, as we got our 1st back from the Reimer deal and added David Musil. As a 7th guy, we are going to give TJ Brennan a shot - he's earned it.

Goaltending: We knew we had to deal Reimer. If he's a clear cut #1 he can flourish, and he wasn't getting that chance with Bernier. Edmonton will give him that chance, and we're happy with the return we got for him. To back up Bernier, we've brought in Ray Emery as a backup who can pick up the load should Bernier suffer an injury. We also feel we've added a great goalie in the system in the form of Tristan Jarry.

Future: We've added a fantastic prospect in Brendan Perlini at the draft, and also added prospects in David Musil and Tristan Jarry. Most importantly, we have added 2 more 1st round picks next season, including one which could potentially be a lottery pick, in a draft that's considered deeper in terms of overall talent. We're feeling very good where we are. We have lost Peter Holland, which hurt but we needed to give up quality, as well as Stuart Percy which we felt we could do with our defensive depth in our prospects. Carter Ashton was also moved out, but he may rediscover his game in LA.

Overall, we feel great about the upcoming season and think we are constructed to do some damage in the playoffs.

 

[IslesRock4]

Has anyone heard from Viper today?

 

[stempniaksen]

Patrick Elias - Adam Henrique - Marian Gaborik
Damien Brunner - Travis Zajac - Michael Ryder
Viktor Stahlberg - Jussi Jokinen - Dainus Zubrus
Martin Erat - Dominic Moore - Brian Gionta
Jacob Josefson

Jon Merrill - Brian Campbell
Alex Urbom - Adam Larsson
Bryce Salvador - Eric Gelinas

Cory Schneider
Martin Brodeur

Forward prospects: Reid Boucher, Jared Knight, Riley Barber, Chase De Leo, Myles Bell
Defence prospects: Anthony DeAngelo, Damon Severson, Steve Santini, Reece Scarlett
Goaltending prospects: Scott Wedgewood, Keith Kinkaid, Anthony Brodeur

Forwards Cap: 43,350,000
Defence Cap: 15,799,524
Goalies Cap: 6,000,000
Total Cap: 65,149,524
Cap Space: ~ 5.9 million

 

[TLinden]

Well done TP! I applaud your off-season changes for Toronto. Not sold on Emery, probably better options at G, but still, great work.

 

[Soli]

Jiri Hudler - Mikael Backlund - Dany Heatley
Curtis Glencross - Sean Monahan - Steve Downie
TJ Galiardi - Matt Stajan - Ben Smith
Lance Bouma - Joe Colborne - Brain McGrattan

Mark Giordano - Rasmus Ristolainen
TJ Brodie - Chris Philips
Ladislav Smid - Kris Russell

Anton Khudobin
Karri Ramo

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EX: David Jones, Colton Sceviour, Matt Carkner
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[FIELDSET="IN THE SYSTEM"]
CENTER: S. Bennett, M. Reinhart, M. Jankowski, C. Knight, M. Granlund

LEFT WING: J. Gaudreau, M. Klimchuk, K. Agostino, M. Ferland

RIGHT WING: D. Jaskin, E. Poirier, B. Arnold, J. Bailey, S. Watson

LEFT DEFENSE: T. Wotherspoon, P. Sieloff, M. Cundari, K. Kanzig, E. Roy

RIGHT DEFENSE: R. Ristolainen, R. McKeown, J. Honka, J. Hakanpaa, J. Ramage

GOALTENDER: J. Gillies, J. Ortio
[/FIELDSET]

Pretty happy with what I was able to accomplish. Added a stud defense prospect in Ristolainen to be mentored on the job with Giordano. Drafted a great center (or LW if we choose to play him with Monahan) prospect in Bennett as well as his Frontenac teammates. Added incredible depth to the RW and RD cupboard in what was very bare bones. Put a fixture in net with Khubodin that I feel can grow with the team and take over as a starting goaltender in the league. Signed Heatley and Phillips to one year contracts and will try to pump and dump them up to the deadline and collect more assets. Expect the next couple years to be leans ones, but we went in with the mindset that we wanted to add a McDavid or Eichel in the 2015 Draft.

 

[Joel Ward]

Zach Parise ($7.538m) - Mikael Granlund ($0.900m) - Jason Pominville ($5.600m)
Thomas Vanek ($8.000m) - Mikko Koivu ($6.750m) - Nino Niederreiter ($1.350m)
Jason Zucker ($0.851m) - Saku Koivu ($2.500m) - Charlie Coyle ($0.900m)
Matt Cooke ($2.500m) - Kyle Brodziak ($2.833m) - Torrey Mitchell ($1.900m)

Ryan Suter ($7.538m) - Jonas Brodin ($0.894m)
Marco Scandella ($1.025m) - Jared Spurgeon ($2.667m)
Keith Ballard ($1.500m) - Nate Prosser ($0.850m)
Clayton Stoner ($1.000m)

Ryan Miller ($6.500m)
Josh Harding ($1.900m)
Niklas Backstrom ($3.417m)

CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $2,186,744​

Pretty happy with the team. Added quite a bit of scoring depth in Vanek and Koivu which coupled with another year of experience for Granlund, El Nino, Coyle and Zucker could make us one of the best offensive teams in the league. We were also able to retain Miller which I felt was important, with Harding and Backstrom each having respective health problems and Kuemper not ready to be a go to guy. Would have liked to have added another defenseman, however we didn't get a response on a player prior to the deadline and we are comfortable with our top four carrying most of the load.

 

[TribalPhoenix]

confirmed, and we also acquired Ryan Rupert in this deal.

Whoops! Forgot to include - this is true, Toronto sent Ryan Rupert as well.

 

[TribalPhoenix]

Well done TP! I applaud your off-season changes for Toronto. Not sold on Emery, probably better options at G, but still, great work.

Cheers! We agree there were better goalies out there, but we had a very small window in our budget. We thought about maybe giving Drew MacIntyre the backup job after being steller for the Marlies, but then thought about if Bernier went down long term... weren't going to put the keys to the house in the hands of a guy with barely any NHL experience.

Emery is still young, though a bit injury prone - we're hoping a small work load will help that. We explored trade options too, but the price tags weren't where we needed them to be.

 

[QMJHLfollower]

Projected lineup for next year:

Tomas Kopecky - Aleksander Barkov - Shawn Matthias
Jonathan Huberdeau - Nick Bjustad - Alex Chiasson
Rob Klinkhammer - Steve Ott (A) - Jordan Caron
Frazer McLaren - Stephane Da Costa - Jimmy Hayes
David Steckel

Peter Harrold - Erik Gudbranson (A)
Simon Despres - Michael Stone
Ed Jovanowski (C) - Mike Weaver (A)
Philip Larsen (if signed), Anton Volchenkov

Jaroslav Halak
Jacob Markstrom

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Palyers who'll likely compete for a spot in training camp and top call-up option: Top pick Forward: Leon Draisaitl (may keep him for 9 games), Drew Shore, Brett Gallant, Kris Newbury, Jon Matsumoto, Stefan Matteau, Quinton Howden, Vince Trocheck. Defenseman:Colby Robak, Brandon Burlon, Alex Petrovic.

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We believe we'll compete for a playoff sport with our young roster. Our forward are really big, physical and a solid group defensively. Same with our defenseman, we have size and steady two-way defenseman. We have two solid goaltenders well. We'll have a big, physical, hard working team that play throughout the system very well. We'll be tough to play against, and we'll win games like that. We trust all our lines/pairings and everybody will play in their role. Lot of skills as well with all these great young talent players.

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San Antonio Rampage (AHL) lineup:


Vince Trocheck - Kris Newbury (C) - Stefan Matteau
Quinton Howden (A/away) - Drew Shore - Garrett Wilson
Ryan Martindale - Jon Matsumoto (A/home) - John McFarland
Brett Gallant (A) - Jean-Sebastien Dea - Joe Basaraba
(Christophert Clapperton, Connor Brickley, Logan Shaw, Anthony Luciani, Francis Beauvillier, Steven Hodges)

Colby Robak - Alex Petrovic (A)
Brandon Burlon - Mac Weegar
Jonathan Racine - Joshua Brown
Jonatan Nielsen, Josh McFadden

Michael Houser
Sam Brittain

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Transactions:

Sean Bergenheim for Stephane Da Costa, 3rd round pick OTT 2014
Dmitry Kulikov for Alex Chiasson
Marcel Goc, Zach Hyman for Jordan Caron, 2nd round pick BOS
Tomas Fleischmann for Michael Stone, Rob Klinkhammer, Rostislav Klesla, 3rd round pick PHO
Brad Boyes, 6th round pick FLA for Frazer McLaren, 4th round pick TOR
Jesse Winchester for Taylor Pyatt, Jake Guentzel, Jean-Sebastien Dea
Brian Campbell, 7th round pick FLA for Anton Volchenkov, Peter Harrold, Stefan Matteau, 3rd round pick NDJ
Tim Thomas, Dylan Olsen, 5th round pick FLA for Ray Emery, Kris Newbury, 2nd round pick PHI
Scottie Upshall, 2nd round pick FLA 2015 for Simon Despres, Philip Larsen, 4th round pick EDM 2014

UFA signing: Jaroslav Halak, Steve Ott, David Steckel, Brett Gallant
NHL Entry Draft: Leon Draisaitl, Anton Karlsson, Ryan Donato

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Prospects:

Quinton Howden - Aleksander Barkov - Alex Chiasson
John McFarland -Leon Draisaitl - Stefan Matteau
Connor Brickley - Nick Bjugstad - Anton Karlsson
Christophert Clapperton - Drew Shore - Joe Basaraba
Garrett Wilson - Vince Trocheck - Logan Shaw
Yaroslav Kosov - Kyle Rau - Anthony Luciani
Francis Beauvillier - Rocco Grimaldi -
Alexander Delnov - Ryan Donato -
- Stephane Da Costa -
- Jake Guentzel -
- Jean-Sebastien Dea -
- Ryan Martindale -
- Matt Buckles -
- Steven Hodges -

Mike Matheson - Alex Petrovic
Ian McCoshen - Mackenzie Weegar
Colby Robak - Joshua Brown
Brandon Burlon -
Jonathan Racine -
Michael Downing -
Jonatan Nielsen -
Ed Wittchow -
Ben Gallacher -
R.J. Boyd -
Josh McFadden -

Michael Houser
Sergei Gayduchenko
Sam Brittain
Evan Cowley

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[TribalPhoenix]

I imagine with TDD 10 days away, this was likely our last game of the season till we enter FA games sometime around the playoffs?

I'm hopeful we can string together another game, using the real TDD as our own.

May be doable if we can get everyone on board quickly, meaning we start by Saturday.

 

[Joel Ward]

I'm hopeful we can string together another game, using the real TDD as our own.

May be doable if we can get everyone on board quickly, meaning we start by Saturday.

I would definitely be interested.

 

[BH4991]

I'm hopeful we can string together another game, using the real TDD as our own.

May be doable if we can get everyone on board quickly, meaning we start by Saturday.

Lets get it going.

 

[IslesRock4]

PM me teams then.

 

[NowitzkisBrownNugget]

2014-2015 Roster:

Alex Steen - David Backes - Chris Stewart

TJ Oshie - Sean Couturier - Jarome Iginla

Jaden Schwartz - Patrick Berglund - Vladimir Tarasenko

Mike Santorelli - Vladimir Sobotka - Maxim Lapierre

Ryan Reaves


Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Pietrangelo

Tom Gilbert - Roman Polak

Barrett Jackman - Jordan Leopold

Ian Cole


Jimmy Howard

Reto Berra​

We feel we've upgraded the team while still remaining young and set up to be a perennial contender. Some may not have liked that I sent some prospects and picks at the trade deadline, but I felt that I didn't give up young, producing NHLers to make a push.

 

[TLinden]

Got sick during FA and wasn't as active as I'd hoped. Still, pretty happy with this 13-14 Roster (for both teams)

FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.750m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Andrew Ladd ($4.400m) / Brayden Schenn ($0.870m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
Magnus Paajarvi ($1.200m) / Vincent Lecavalier ($4.500m) / Matt Read ($0.900m)
Daniel Winnik ($0.950m)/ Vernon Fiddler ($0.900m) / Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m)
Michael Raffl ($0.793m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Kevin Shattenkirk ($4.250m) / Braydon Coburn ($4.500m)
Mark Streit ($5.250m) / Matt Niskanen ($4.550m)
Erik Gustafsson ($1.000m) / Luke Schenn ($3.600m)

GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason
Brian Elliot​

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Kings sign D Willie Mitchell to 2 yr deal (3M per with a NMC)

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster

FORWARDS
Tyler Toffoli ($0.717m) / Anze Kopitar ($6.800m) / Justin Williams ($3.650m)
Mike Richards ($5.750m) / Peter Holland ($1.100m) / Jeff Carter ($5.273m)
Tanner Pearson ($0.736m) / Jarret Stoll ($3.250m) / Carter Ashton ($0.850m)
Kyle Clifford ($1.075m) / Nick Shore ($0.925m) / Jordan Nolan ($0.700m)
Scott Sabourin ($0.753m)

DEFENSEMEN
Drew Doughty ($7.000m) / Willie Mitchell ($3.000m)
Slava Voynov ($4.167m) / Robyn Regehr ($3.000m)
Jake Muzzin ($1.000m) / Alec Martinez ($1.100m)
Andrew Bodnarchuk ($0.550m)

GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Quick ($5.800m)
Martin Jones ($0.550m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $57,745,227; BONUSES: $342,500
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $13,354,773

 

[IslesRock4]

Jordan Staal - Eric Staal - Alexander Semin
Jeff Skinner - Elias Lindholm - Ales Hemsky
Jiri Tlusty - Derek Roy - Brad Boyes
Nathan Gerbe - Riley Nash - Tuomo Ruutu
Daniel Carcillo, Patrick Dwyer

Andrej Sekera - Justin Faulk
John-Michael Liles - Derek Morris
Joni Pitkanen - Stephane Robidas
Jay Harrison

Cam Ward
Justin Peters
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[SLAPSHOT723]

are done.

Tomas Hertl - Joe Thornton - Brent Burns
Patrick Marleau - Logan Couture - Devin Setoguchi
Raffi Torres - Joe Pavelski - Tommy Wingels
Benoit Pouliot - Andrew Desjardins - Tyler Kennedy
Eriah Hayes

Andrei Markov - Justin Braun
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Jason Demers
Matt Irwin - Mark Fayne
Chris Butler

Antti Niemi
Alex Stalock

 

[rt]

have traded David Rundblad

to

for JT Compher