That roster might get you there in 23-24, but definitely not 21-22. You have 6 rookies on the roster in McIsaac, Lindstrom, Petruzzelli, Mastrosimone, Grewe and Berggren. Add to that 4 second year players in Seider, Veleno, Byfield, Larsson. 6 third year players are Hronek, Cholowski, Bean, Zadina, Rasmussen (if he plays in GR this year like I think he will), Hirose. This roster has 4 players with more than 3 full years in the NHL.

The rebuild is well on it's way but we're not looking at 2 more years before a legit shot at the Cup. We're looking at 4+.

Anthinasiou and Bertuzzi decline. AA should look to make around 8-9 million AAV where as Bertuzzi may get 5-6 million.

Where are you getting those numbers from?

They probably get bridge deals before they get paid anywhere near that much, and even after that I don't see how either makes anything over 6.