Let's get creative with Erikkson...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:24 pm
Put him in the minors..
Trade for a like bad contract.......
Trade the player and package with a high pick or prized prospect...
These seem to be the options to move Erikkson that are being thrown around ....
I'm going to take a more creative approach to dealing Loui and while I say creative you might say totally bonkers and no way in heck...
But like my teacher always told me, the only bad suggestion is the one you don't make...
Assumptions;
Ottawa wants to be a cap floor team for the next few years...
Ottawa's internal budget is one of the lowest in the league...
Bobby Ryan and Loui Erikkson's production are similar...
So;
The Canucks trade Erikkson to Ottawa for Bobby Ryan...
Why?
Erikkson has 3 years left on his deal at a cap hit of $6.0 and is owed a total of $9.0 in real monies or $3.0 per year...
Ryan has 3 years left on his deal at a cap hit of $7.25 and is owed $20.5 in real monies or 6.83 per year.
Conditions:
Ottawa retains the maximum salary it can under the CBA which is 50% of the contract or $3.625/yr
Total cost to Ottawa in real $ is $3.625 salary retention plus $3.0 in salary for a total of $6.625 which is a bit less than the real $ owed to Ryan....
Ottawa gets a cap hit of Erikkson's $6.0 plus salary retention of $3.625 for a total cap hit of $9.625 per years for a real $ cost of $6.625...
From Vancouver's side;
Ryan's cap hit $7.25 less salary retention of $3.625 leaves a net cap hit of $3.625 which is $2.375 less than the Erikkson cap hit...
Sounds fair...
And if the two teams want to make the deal bigger;
Vancouver trades Baertschi to Ottawa for a draft pick....
For Ottawa:
They get Sven's cap hit of $3.367 for a real $ cost of $2.55 per for the next 2 years....
For Vancouver;
They save $3.367 in cap space
In total;
Ottawa has a cap hit of $9.625 (Erikkson) and $3.367 (Baertschi) for a total cap hit of just shy of $13.0 and the actual $ cost is $9.1
Vancouver saves $5.742 in total cap space and gets Ryan and a pick...
Seems fair to me...
Take care...
Trade for a like bad contract.......
Trade the player and package with a high pick or prized prospect...
These seem to be the options to move Erikkson that are being thrown around ....
I'm going to take a more creative approach to dealing Loui and while I say creative you might say totally bonkers and no way in heck...
But like my teacher always told me, the only bad suggestion is the one you don't make...
Assumptions;
Ottawa wants to be a cap floor team for the next few years...
Ottawa's internal budget is one of the lowest in the league...
Bobby Ryan and Loui Erikkson's production are similar...
So;
The Canucks trade Erikkson to Ottawa for Bobby Ryan...
Why?
Erikkson has 3 years left on his deal at a cap hit of $6.0 and is owed a total of $9.0 in real monies or $3.0 per year...
Ryan has 3 years left on his deal at a cap hit of $7.25 and is owed $20.5 in real monies or 6.83 per year.
Conditions:
Ottawa retains the maximum salary it can under the CBA which is 50% of the contract or $3.625/yr
Total cost to Ottawa in real $ is $3.625 salary retention plus $3.0 in salary for a total of $6.625 which is a bit less than the real $ owed to Ryan....
Ottawa gets a cap hit of Erikkson's $6.0 plus salary retention of $3.625 for a total cap hit of $9.625 per years for a real $ cost of $6.625...
From Vancouver's side;
Ryan's cap hit $7.25 less salary retention of $3.625 leaves a net cap hit of $3.625 which is $2.375 less than the Erikkson cap hit...
Sounds fair...
And if the two teams want to make the deal bigger;
Vancouver trades Baertschi to Ottawa for a draft pick....
For Ottawa:
They get Sven's cap hit of $3.367 for a real $ cost of $2.55 per for the next 2 years....
For Vancouver;
They save $3.367 in cap space
In total;
Ottawa has a cap hit of $9.625 (Erikkson) and $3.367 (Baertschi) for a total cap hit of just shy of $13.0 and the actual $ cost is $9.1
Vancouver saves $5.742 in total cap space and gets Ryan and a pick...
Seems fair to me...
Take care...