Marleau is 99.1% coming back, might as well make a bunch of trades and sign Jumbo Joe to play on the 3rd line with his long time team mate Marleau.

ya okay. that's pretty close. I think you can bump down the Kapanen deal about 750K which would allow you to carry an extra skater, or maybe try to move zaitsev and an asset for a cheaper option and carry an extra center and an extra d man.

SAN jose will have their own cap issues trying to resign Karlsson and Pavelski so they decline. And Connor brown isn’t worth a 2nd.

I bet the Oilers new GM has zero interest in Brown, it's not like him and McDavid were BFF's on the Erie Otters.

Even if your trades don't go through, I feel like your contract signings are realistic.
Equally, I like that you were honest about what will happen next year in keeping Marleau on the books.
Nice.

They had Great chemistry and Tore up the league, EDM needs wingers and Brown is a good one, even without the chemistry they should want him, that’s just a bonus

Dump Zaitsevs Contract and Keep Naz.... then give Kappy and Johnsson matching 3mil 2 year deals, these deals are Baaaad, then you got space to have a couple of extra skaters and you keep a real good center

Well the rumor was The Oilers and Leafs had a Brown for Benning trade almost complete at the deadline, the only hang up was an exchange of picks, who was asking for the better one I wonder>?

Trade Kadri to Washington for Burakovsky, imagine Kadri and Wilson on the same team, lol....actually looking at Burakovsky current contract and stats, the Leafs should be able to sign Johnsson to his contract number (3 million) and Kapanen to Buffalo's Reinhart contract of 3.6 million.

Merkley is all offence and average sized and comes with attitude some teams were not going to draft him no matter when. Saw him play lots in junior.