Quoting: habitantlecolon
Faksa, Armia, Allen, Savard and Evans off the book + cap hit going up as much as $92,500,000 or more.
Guhle, Barron, Slafkovsky, Starting Goalie in 2025
Fantilli, Dach & probably Xhekaj in 2026
Not to mention the cost of not having spots for Beck, Mesar, Roy, Guindon, Heineman, Ylonen to make the team. Basically you are building through UFA.
Teams have tried it before, it doesn't tend to work very well. Even the Canadiens tried it with Gionta, Cammalleri, Gomez, Gonchar and it was not a great success.
I like the players you've brought in, but they will have a mercenary culture.