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Dumba is gone as a UFA if not before.
1. Spurgeon, JEE, and Brodin are on an unmovable expensive long-term contract.
2. Addison is supposedly all that and a box of chocolates and will be a 2nd pair d-man in no time.
3. Cap is tight and he makes a lot of money.
4. He'll be 29 when his next contract starts. There is no more upside to his game, it is what it is at this point, and is only going to go downhill at some point.
5. $14m in dead cap due to the buyouts.
6. $9m/yr tied up in Kaprizov.
All this giving him a letter to show the commitment to him is BS. There are maybe 2 players on the roster that don't have letters that an argument could be made to give them one coming into this season.