Final cuts... Drop Matthews, Bobrovsky?
Hi guys,
Following our annual draft, I have a hard time deciding on final cuts. I need to shed approximately 18M (cap of 94M for the season, currently sitting at 112.241M). I have a shot at finishing 3-4th this year, regardless of who I end up cutting.
I think the players of interest are : Matthews (15.9M salary), Gourde (6.3M salary), Bobrovsky (11.5M salary), Fleury (8.5M salary) and Merlizkins (low salary, but big question marks!).
I have 3 main options (but very happy to hear any other you might have!). Which one do you think is best?
- Drop Bobrovsky and Gourde and one of my prospect goalies (Gillies or Husso?). I feel I'm taking a huge gamble on Merzlikins, but I get to keep Matthews.
- Drop Matthews and Toffoli (instead of Gourde, since cap permits). Forwards will be much thinner, I lose one of the best player in the league, but I keep a strong goalie duo (with potential for more from Merzlikins).
- CURVEBALL : Trade Fleury for Robert Thomas (0.925M salary), then drop Gourde and Toffoli. There is some interest for Fleury and I could get a prospect like Thomas for him at the moment. My forwards are not as thin as option #2 since I keep Matthews and get Thomas, but I'm still dependable on Merzlikins.
Full team below with 2019-2020 salary and dobber projected points, if needed:
Pos |
Player |
Salary (19-20) |
Dobber Proj |
F_1 |
Auston Matthews |
15.9M |
81 |
F_2 |
Brayden Point |
5.25M |
77 |
F_3 |
Phil Kessel |
7M |
77 |
F_4 |
Alex DeBrincat |
0.8M |
77 |
F_5 |
Evgeni Malkin |
9.5M |
74 |
F_6 |
Timo Meier |
4M |
64 |
F_7 |
Yanni Gourde |
6.3M |
62 |
F_8 |
Vinnie Hinostroza |
1.5M |
48 |
F_9 |
Tyler Toffoli |
4.8M |
44 |
F_10 |
Drake Batherson |
0.78M |
42 |
F_11 |
Mark Jankowski |
1.75M |
40 |
F_12 |
Nikolai Prokhorkin |
0.5M |
38 |
F_13 |
Nick Ritchie |
1.4M |
37 |
F_14 |
Patrick Maroon |
0.9M |
32 |
F_15 |
Tage Thompson |
0.925M |
25 |
F_16 |
Vitaly Kravtsov |
0.925M |
23 |
F_17 |
Dylan Sikura |
0.7M |
9 |
F_18 |
Isac Lundestrom |
0.5M |
0 |
|
D_1 |
Kris Letang |
7.25M |
70 |
D_2 |
Torey Krug |
5M |
69 |
D_3 |
Shayne Gostisbehere |
5.25M |
68 |
D_4 |
Tony DeAngelo |
0.925M |
40 |
D_5 |
Josh Manson |
4.25M |
32 |
D_6 |
Joel Persson |
0.5M |
32 |
D_7 |
Christian Djoos |
1.25M |
23 |
|
G_1 |
Sergei Bobrovsky |
11.5M |
91 |
G_2 |
Marc-André Fleury |
8.5M |
81 |
G_3 |
Elvis Merzlikins |
0.5M |
55 |
G_4 |
Malcom Subban |
0.85M |
10 |
G_5 |
Felix Sandstrom |
0.793M |
0 |
G_6 |
Filip Gustavsson |
0.793M |
0 |
G_7 |
Jon Gillies |
0.75M |
0 |
G_8 |
Ville Husso |
0.7M |
0 |
16 team, dynasty cap league (real salary), Points ONLY (W=2+SO=3)
Count best 12 F, 6 D, 2 G || 19-20 Cap = 94M
F: Point, Matthews, DeBrincat, Kessel, Malkin, Meier, Gourde, Hinostroza, Toffoli, Batherson, Jankowski, Prokhorkin, Nick Ritchie, Maroon, Thompson, Kravtsov, Sikura, Lunderstrom
D: Letang, Krug, Gostisbehere, DeAngelo, Manson, Persson, Djoos
G: Bobrovsky, Fleury, Merzlikins, Subban, Gustavsson, Sandstrom, Gillies, Husso