Quoting: Frank_Booth
Pavs won’t sign for less than three years as has been widely reported. So no, that won’t work here, chief.
Face it, you take Meier, we take Heiskanen..that’s how this offer sheet chaos works. It’s hard, I know.
Assuming we sign Pavs to a 3-year deal, and don't make anymore major purchases over the next two years, let's run this through player by player, year by year:
2019-2020
Cap Space: $1.6M (rounded)
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2020-2021: Assume the cap jumps up by the same miniscule $2M it did this offseason (will likely be higher, but we'll use a low number for arguments sake)
Cap Space: $13.4M
- Trade Faksa. His spot in the lineup can easily be filled by Dickinson or L'Esperance
- Gurianov, Hintz, and L'Esperance all see 2/3 year bridge deals
- 2 years @ $2.2M for Gurianov
- 3 years @ $4.5M for Hintz
- 2 years @ @1.5M for L'Esperance
This puts Dallas at 13 forwards & 6 defensemen with $5.2M in cap space remaining for our backup goalie and an additional skater
Jake Oettinger or Landon Bow for less than $1M AAV as Bishop's backup. We'll call it $1M for the argument, and we'll assume that the extra skater is making $1M as well
Roster size of 22
Cap Space: $3.2M
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2021-2022: Same thing; assume a $2M increase on the cap.
Cap Space: $17M to re-sign notable RFA's Heiskanen, Johns, Dickinson, Cecconi, and Kiviranta
Heiskanen will be the top priority on the Stars list that offseason, with Johns 2nd on the list. You want to offer sheet Dickinson, Cecconi, or Kiviranta, go for it, but even in this scenario here, there's no chance that Dallas doesn't match any offer sheet y'all put on Heiskanen.