I believe this is more of a possibility than people think..

Then what do you do next year?

Idk you would have 24 million next year not taking into account the salary cap going up. Maybe trade Hall idk.

You can definitely sign back Vatanen for 5 years, or trade him at deadline for a good return

you have hischer, bratt , nurse, vatanen and hall all expiring next year gonna be tough

Can you do it with 27 million

And into cap hell NJ goes

with the age of the team and coming out of the rebuild, it's only a matter of time.

tampa is in this position now, it's a blessing and a curse, at the end of the day, guys like hall panarin hughes hischier smith severson and bratt stay, the rest become expendable by the newer up and coming prospects.

it becomes a juggling act, you hope to sign as many long term deeals as possible and then have the cap rise and you hope and hope and hope the players perform through the 8 years

It's a great idea but on the Edm trades, Nurse has een one of their best defenders. Why does Butcher going back make it ok

I figured that butcher has a little less value than nurse but is a better puck mover and Studanic is a B prospect while McLeod is an A- prospect thus pushing the trade over the edge