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Its not an overpayment, and taken in isolation a good re-sign...but a team that has such a lopsided salaries on the top two lines, cant really afford a third line making almost 8 mil. With a 4th line and a 13th forward of league minimums, you're spending almost 56-58million at forward, with in all likelihood a very weak 4th line.
And when your defense is as weak as the leafs, that's not a winning formula.
Even by the lineup above, that's a solid 3 forward lines, and a very weak defense, and even plugging in 800k each for the remaining 6 players, under this yrs cap, it leaves you with just 4-6mil to address that defense?