Salary Cap Crunch 1 Wpg

i dont see Laine taking less than 8.5

Agreed, but these are ballpark numbers and that has him at only 6 years. I'm not sure where Laine, Conner or Trouba will come in but they all will be high.

Trouba only on a 1 year deal at most, and a little cheaper I’m guessing, and Connor and laine probably either bigger numbers and more term or less term and smaller numbers, then rest looks solid, but I could see a trouba trade to get them back in first and a d prospect of some sort

For laine or Connor, I could see a deal to get them to a year or two before free agency or a max deal, probably both to a year or two before free agency, so they will have a window to deal either before they walk for nothing, end of the day they are still a small market team so they have to pick there window then retool or rebuild

The fear for any team is being offer sheeted. It drives even the one or two year bridge deals up.