Quoting: chuck28
for next years with this team we have two big raise (Domi, Chabot)
-with the new CBA we hope we can buyout Alzner contract without penality (1 or 2 buyout without penality like the last CBA)
-Weise contract and Mason buyout ends
- we can trade Petry , Brook and/or Fleury will be ready
-we can trade Tatar , Poehling and/or Caufield will be ready
-and the raise of the salary cap
so a lot of ways to save money
this is so wrong it hurts to read it
MTL has in the next 2 years
Domi
Mete
Juulsen
Tatar
Danault
Gallagher
Petry
Poehling
Kotkanemi
Lehkonen
Armia
Lindgren
Kinkaid
27m we have spent on Price,Drouin,Weber and Byron
10m on odd ends like Kulak , Reilly and Chariot
that leaves us 44 million to lock up EVERY Core Member of our New Youth Core and whomever we re-sign to lead them .
after offer sheeting AHO expect the favor to be returned during Domi negotiations like CAR GM hinted in their first statement saying they'd match Aho's contract so that a good 9.5-10m gone right there if we're lucky. Mete and Juulsen are both arbitration eligible for minimum 5m between them so thats 15/44 gone already .
Re-sign Gallagher at a team friendly 6.5m same as Danault so now thats 28/44m gone .
Re-sign Poehling and Kotkanemi thats another 8m between those 2 after they play another 2 seasons they'll both be eligible for Arbitration so the odds of them signing for less are less likely so thats 36/44m gone .
that leaves 8m left to Re-Sign Tatar , Petry , Lehkonen , Armia , Kinkaid and Lindgren or their replacements .
not to forget Romanov will be on the books as soon as this spring if his Reigning Championship team goes the way of the last few Champs and gets eliminated early on because all their top players leave for a NHL contract . Romanov, Suzuki , Brook and Ylonen will be the next group of young guns looking for their payout next .
each of the next 3 years we got a lot of pieces to sign and no where near enough cap with Weber and Price(moving them out isnt likely until 2023-24 at the earliest )