Ideal Players for Each Line Position

[SnoopDogg]

What would be the perfect NHL team keeping player roles (meaning just because Bergeron is good at face-offs, he shouldn't be taking face-offs on the 3rd line as realistically he'd be a 1C), cap space, and chemistry (obviously you don't want 3 snipers on the same line) in mind? For an example, I think Cody Eakin is the perfect 3C because he's a great shutdown player who's capable of 40 points who only makes $2.3M. Obviously players like Ovechkin, Crosby, and Kane would be a great 1st line but that would be $28M just on the 1st line so you wouldn't have much for everything else. You can only have 3 players on your team with ELC contracts.

Format ($73M max team salary, $54M min team salary):

1st line LW - 1st line C - 1st line RW
2nd line LW - 2nd line C - 2nd line RW
3rd line LW - 3rd line C - 3rd line RW
4th line LW - 4th line C - 4th line RW

1st pairing LD - 1st pairing RD
2nd pairing LD - 2nd pairing RD
3rd pairing LD - 3rd pairing RD

Starting goalie
Backup goalie

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[Gains]

What would be the perfect NHL team keeping player roles (meaning just because Bergeron is good at face-offs, he shouldn't be taking face-offs on the 3rd line as realistically he'd be a 1C), cap space, and chemistry (obviously you don't want 3 snipers on the same line) in mind? For an example, I think Cody Eakin is the perfect 3C because he's a great shutdown player who's capable of 40 points who only makes $2.3M. Obviously players like Ovechkin, Crosby, and Kane would be a great 1st line but that would be $28M just on the 1st line so you wouldn't have much for everything else.

Format ($73M max team salary, $54M min team salary):

1st line LW - 1st line C - 1st line RW
2nd line LW - 2nd line C - 2nd line RW
3rd line LW - 3rd line C - 3rd line RW
4th line LW - 4th line C - 4th line RW

1st pairing LD - 1st pairing RD
2nd pairing LD - 2nd pairing RD
3rd pairing LD - 3rd pairing RD

Starting goalie
Backup goalie

You have to put a restriction on ELCs, otherwise you'll basically have team NA with a few superstars.

 

[SnoopDogg]

You have to put a restriction on ELCs, otherwise you'll basically have team NA with a few superstars.

Thanks for the advice, changed it up.

 

[Gains]

Probably doesn't work cap wise, but I didn't use any ELCs.

Benn - Kopitar - Perry
Steen - Johnson - Gallagher
Zucker - Couturier - Brouwer
Martin - Cizikas - Weise

Vlasic - Doughty
Murray - Spurgeon
Orlov - Severson

Price
Neuvirth

 

[caymanmew]

This is mine. I did not use any ELC. The bottom 6 and 3rd pair was hard as i don't know enough about ever other team so i ended putting lots of sens players there. Tons of cap space left to switch out those sens players for better players who play those positions.



Benn (5.25) - Seguin (5.75) - Tarasenko (7.5)
Palat (3.33) - Turris (3.5) - Stone (3.5)
Smith (1.88) - Bonino (1.9) - Stempnaik (2.5)
Dzingel (0.75) - Kelly (0.9) - Pyatt (0.8)

Keith (5.53) - Karlsson (6.5)
Hjalmarsson (4.1) - Shattenkirk (4.25)
Cole (2.1) - Chris Wideman (0.8)

Price (6.5)
Vasilevsky (0.925)

Total Cap: 68,284,295
Available cap space: 4,715,705

 

[caymanmew]

Probably doesn't work cap wise, but I didn't use any ELCs.

Benn - Kopitar - Perry
Steen - Johnson - Gallagher
Zucker - Couturier - Brouwer
Martin - Cizikas - Weise

Vlasic - Doughty
Murray - Spurgeon
Orlov - Severson

Price
Neuvirth

Ya your at 86 Million

 

[Gains]

Ya your at 86 Million

Alright I'll try to drop a few millions.

Benn - Tavares - Perry
Panarin (ELC) - Johnson - Gallagher
Zucker - Couturier - Brouwer
Athanasiou (ELC) - Jarnkrok - Weise

Vlasic - Doughty
Murray - Faulk
Beaulieu - Severson

Price
Murray (ELC)

This lineup gives me:

Cap Hit Bonuses Cap Space
$70,724,998 $3,322,500 $2,275,002

I'd probably swap Brouwer and Radulov thinking about it. + Galchenyuk at less than 3 millions is good value, same with Pacioretty at 4.5. I forgot about my own team doing this lol.

 

[caymanmew]

Alright I'll try to drop a few millions.

Benn - Tavares - Perry
Panarin (ELC) - Johnson - Gallagher
Zucker - Couturier - Brouwer
Athanasiou (ELC) - Jarnkrok - Weise

Vlasic - Doughty
Murray - Faulk
Beaulieu - Severson

Price
Murray (ELC)

This lineup gives me:

Cap Hit Bonuses Cap Space
$70,724,998 $3,322,500 $2,275,002

I'd probably swap Brouwer and Radulov thinking about it. + Galchenyuk at less than 3 millions is good value, same with Pacioretty at 4.5. I forgot about my own team doing this lol.

Looks better. I'd drop Perry ass though. 65ish points a year is not worth close to 9 million.

 

[LV*]

Benn (5.25) / Seguin (5.75) / Kucherov (4.7)
van Riemsdyk (4.25) / Matthews (3.4) / Panarin (0.8)
Drouin (0.8) / Hanzal (3.1) / Hayes (2.4)
Panik (0.8) / Paquette (0.8) / Hyman (0.8)

Hedman (4) - Faulk (4.8)
Hjalmarsson (4.1) - Parayko (0.8)
Campbell (1.5) - Zaitsev (0.8)

Price (6.5)
Murray (0.8)​

I think I just made a cup contending team with a $54.85M caphit.

Edit: Put in Kevin Hayes for Chris Stewart.

 

[Blueshirts 94]

Benn (5.25) / Seguin (5.75) / Kucherov (4.7)
van Riemsdyk (4.25) / Matthews (3.4) / Panarin (0.8)
Drouin (0.8) / Hanzal (3.1) / Hayes (2.4)
Panik (0.8) / Paquette (0.8) / Hyman (0.8)

Hedman (4) - Faulk (4.8)
Hjalmarsson (4.1) - Parayko (0.8)
Campbell (1.5) - Zaitsev (0.8)

Price (6.5)
Murray (0.8)​

I think I just made a cup contending team with a $54.85M caphit.

Benn, Panarin, Hedman all getting significant raises next year. Still, nice job.

 

[trick9]

Benn (5.25) - Seguin (5.75) - Stone (3.5)
Panarin (ELC) - Kuznetsov (3.0) - Kucherov (4.7)
Palat (3.3) - Johnson (3.3) - Drouin (ELC)
Lowry (1.1) - Girgensons (1.1) - Vrbata (1.0)

Hedman (4) - Carlson (3.8)
Alzner (2.8) - Klingberg (4.2)
Jokipakka (0.9) - Ekblad (ELC)

Holtby (6.1)
Domingue (1.0)​

 

[LeafChief]

This is actually a really cool thread idea.

Bravo OP.

 

[SnoopDogg]

This is actually a really cool thread idea.

Bravo OP.

Thanks, I was bored and I didn't want to come up with a generic team building thread, so I came up with the idea to try and make these rosters realistic and get the best possible team to stay under the cap while utilizing player roles and chemistry.

For a bit I wasn't gonna post this because I didn't think I explained it too well, but I'm glad to see people understand what I meant.

 

[Hansen]

Ovechkin (9.53M) - McDavid ($925k - ELC 1) - P. Kane (10.5M)
Marchand (4.5M) - Zibanejad (2.62M) - Simmonds (3.97M)
Pearson (1.4M) - Bjugstad (4.1M) - Hansen (2.5M)
Chimera (2.25M) - Cizikas (3.35M) - T. Wilson (2M)

Josi (4M) - Burns (5.76M)
Hjalmarsson (4.1M) - Parayko (858k - ELC 2)
Campbell (1.5M) - Johns (725k)

Price (6.5M)
Darling (587k)

Cap hit: $71,694,712
Cap Space: $1,305,288

Wasn't thinking but that McDavid contract is probably bonus laden so I could cut out Cizikas and replace him pretty easily.

 

[ManicTouch]

Benn ($5,250,000) - McDavid ($925,000) - Tarasenko ($7,500,000)
Palat ($3,333,333) - Carter ($5,272,727) - Toffoli ($3,250,000)
Maroon ($1,500,000) - Couturier ($4,333,333) - Atkinson ($3,500,000)
Chimera ($2,250,000) - Cizikas ($3,350,000) - Martin ($2,500,000)

Vlasic ($4,250,000) - Karlsson ($6,500,000)
Hjalmarsson ($4,100,000) - Faulk ($4,833,333)
Hanifin ($925,000) - Campbell ($1,500,000)

Price ($6,500,000)
Vasilevskiy ($925,000)

Cap Hit: $72,997,726

 

[hirawl]

McDavid $925,000 - Tavares $5,500,000 - Kucherov $4,766,667
Benn $5,250,000 - Seguin $5,750,000 - Matthews $925,000
Laine $925,000 - Barkov $5,900,000 - Johansen $4,000,000
Marchessault $750,000 - Haula $1,000,000 - Sceviour $950,000

Hedman $4,000,000 - Karlsson $6,500,000
Hjalmarsson $4,100,000 - Josi $4,000,000
Vlasic $4,250,000 - Klingberg $4,250,000

Price $6,500,000
Markstrom $1,550,000

Cap hit $71,791,667

Probably not what the OP was asking but this team would not lose.

 

[lanceuppercut75]

Didn't check cap but gut feeling says it's under.

Benn - McDavid - Pavelski
Marchand - Barkov - Kucherov
Jenner - Couturier - Simmonds
Martin - Kruger - Reaves
X - J. Mitchell + Cracknell

Hedman - Karlsson
Alzner - Ekblad
Gostisbehere - Pysyk
X- Dahlbeck

Price
Markstrom

 

[Jarey Curry]

I think that a 3 sniper line would actually be tremendously effective
Or how about a line with
Laine Carter Tarasenko everyone has a booming shot

 

[Blueshirts 94]

Neal(5m)-McDavid(950k ELC)-Pavelski(6m)
Boedker(4m)-Zibanejad(2.65m)-Jokinen(4m)
Komarov(2.95m)-Bonino(1.9m)-JT Miller(2.75m)
Martin(2.5m)-Cizikas(3.35m)-Clutterbuck(2.75m)

Hedman(4m)-Burns(5.76m)
Gostisbehere(925k ELC)-Faulk(4.83m)
Orlov(2.57m)-Ellis(2.5m)

Price(6.5m)
Raanta(1m)​

Cap Hit: $66,838,333
Cap Space: $6,161,667

 

[AnomX]

This thread lacks Boone Jenner

Edit: there's only 1