I dont see how Samsonov helps em to keep 22-man roster

Stephenson will likely need to be sent down to make it work. I'm not sure if this is the case, but is Kuznetsov's cap hit prorated 3 games?

Samsonov needs NHL starts to see if they can let Hotlby walk in 9 months. Copley is simply okay, but his main role at the moment is as exposure requirement for the Seattle Expansion Draft. If all goes according to plan, the goaltending tandem to start the 21-22 season will be Samsonov and Vanecek. No Holtby or Copley.

I am thinking that it will be $168,649 savings... (suspension for 4 days)

However, last year this site's man pages calculated correctly, but the AGMs did NOT account for Wilson's suspension. So if they didn't adjust the software the AGMs will be off all year like they were last year.

Actually 5 days total of the season against 190 total pay "days" Kuzy relief is roughly $205K.

- I get the sense they may opt to trade Copley ASAP.
- Waive either Boyd or Stephenson (I doubt at $1M salary Stevie gets claimed, but Boyd may be of value to other teams at cheap $800k)
- They will also get roughly $50-75k relief for however long (10 days?) until they plan to activate Kempny.

All of that means once they choose 2 goalies and get healthy, that they can afford 22 players under the annual total cap figure.

My calculations:
10/22/19-4/4/20 is 185 days.
The 3 games are over 4 days: 10/2-10/5, active 10/6.