Edited Aug. 18, 2019 at 7:58 p.m.
Quoting: JarmoK
Even if Korpi is lights out, the most he’ll make is like $3.5m or so. There is plenty of cap space for PLD, Andy, etc
Young guys tend to keep improving, though, and everybody plays their best in contract years. If you get 80 points from PLD, 33 goals from Anderson, and 35 wins from Korpisalo, all bets are off.
ETA: and of course my next thought after typing this was, "so what? If they get those numbers they're in the playoffs!" But then I started thinking about how much NJ, NYR, FLA, and Car are improving, and realized even then, it's uncertain, especially with an unproven backup goalie straight from a league that no goalie has moved directly to the NHL from, since it kept stats. Maybe Merzlikins comes in and plays lights out, or maybe he's got an .870 spct and wins four games.
I'm not sure whether adding a copy of Korpisalo is the right move, or not, but I do think CBJ should look to add a known quantity to the goalie rotation, somehow.
2nd edit: Here's a team I made with a cap-dump backup goalie, and all the RFAs having career years:
https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1390822 They're a whole bunch over the cap, if it doesn't go up.
And here's a team I made with Copley as a sandbag on Korpisalo, keeping him from starting for one more year, until after PLD signs:
https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1390769 The cap only has to go up half a million, and it works.... Of course, I might be underpaying Anderson, if he really breaks 30 goals, but I also might be overpaying PLD by just as much, depending how quickly he keeps improving, so hopefully it comes out in the wash. It doesn't have to be Copley. I just think the situation Copley and Korpisalo play in is similar enough to think that if one can start, either can.