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Coyotes have an internal budget that's expected to be something like $58-60M next year. They can take on dead cap in trade if it's worth their while, because they expect to be near the cap floor.
Derek Stepan for the rights to Ryan Strome is pretty far off in value. It's not a trade the Coyotes would make, just by positional need alone. Then consider Stepan's greater production over Strome presently and historically and it becomes laughable.
That's way too much for Domi on a 2 year. That's not enough for Raanta given the numbers he put up as a starter on this club.
Considering how much cap space they have, the Coyotes might take a run at a high end UFA, depending on how the draft plays out. But it would only be one premier UFA. The rest of the team's growth has to come from internal development.
Take a look at the Coyotes record since January 1st. They don't need to change much up in the off-season.