acquisition candidates
Thomas Drance and Harman Dayal from The Athletic: List the 13 players who are potential acquisition candidates this season, hit the current cap, and the cost of acquisition.
Kailer Yamamoto – Edmonton Oilers – $3.1 million A year – $433,334 Then $533,334.
Ryan Sutter – Dallas Stars – $3.65 million, 2 years – $783,333, $783,333, $1,433,333 and $1,433,333.
Mike Riley – Boston Bruins – $3 million a year – $333,334 then $1,333,334
NHL rumours: Possible trade destinations for John Gibson and Conor Helbwick
Mitchell Miller – Boston Bruins – $861,667 for two years – $215,834 for two years, then $129,167 for two years.
Mikael Granlund – Pittsburgh Penguins – $5 million Two years at $833,333 Then three years at $1,833,333.
Matt Murray – Toronto Maple Leafs – $4,687,500 1 year – $687,000, then $2 million
Anthony Mantha – Washington Capitals – $5.7 million, 1 year – $1,366,667, then $2,166,667.
Chris Dredger – Seattle Kraken – $3.5 million – $500,000, then $1.5 million.
Marco Scandella – St. Louis Blues – $3.275 million – $1.275 million, then $1 million.
Patrick Nemeth – Arizona Coyotes – $2.5 million – $166,667, then $1,166,667.
Oliver Ekman – Larson – Vancouver Canucks – $7.26 million, four years. $146,667, $2,346,667, two years at $4,766,667, then four years at $2,126,667.
Brock Boeser – Vancouver Canucks – $6.65 million for two years – $2,216,667 for four years.
Conor Garland – Vancouver Canucks – $4.95 million for three years – $838,889 for two years, then four years for $1,888,889.
NHL free agent levels
ESPN’s Greg Wochinsky: The list of names this year is not flashy compared to last year. Consider suspended UFAs and layer them.
influence players – Tyler Bertuzzi (W), Dmitry Orlov (D), Ryan O’Reilly (C), Max Pacioretty (LW), Vladimir Tarasenko (RW).
Layer Patrick Kane – Barrick Kane (RW)
best bets – Ivan Barbashev (female), Michael Bunting (LW), JT Comfer (C), Tristan Jarry (G), James Van Riemsdyk (Women), Jason Zucker (LW).
best values – Jesper Fast (R), Shane Justesper (D), Ridko Judas (D), Scott Mayfield (D), Ivan Rodriguez (C), Luke Shin (D), Carson Suci (D)
Boom or bust – Fredrik Andersen (G), Yevgeny Dadunov (F), Max Dumy (LW), Jonathan Drouin (LW), Matt Dumbaa (D), Ryan Graves (D), Eric Haula (C), Adin Hill (G), Jonas Korbesalo (G), Cam Talbot (G), Thomas Tatar (W) and Simon Varlamov (G).
NHL rumours: Is there a way for Toronto to keep Ryan O’Reilly?
shabby investments – John Klingberg (L), Milan Lucic (L), Sean Monahan (C), Gustav Nyquist (W), Corey Perry (R), Jonathan Quick (G) and Ante Ranta (G).
Possible shock departureS – Patrice Bergeron (centre), Alex Killorn (left), David Krejci (center), Jordan Stahl (center) and Jonathan Toews (center).