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Please can we stop making AGMs where the Lightning upgrade roster holes through UFAs and keep all of their RFAs by underpaying the one you happen to not really know enough about to truly estimate value? If the NJD trade happened, the Lightning would find someone to take Wood for a pick. We also wouldn't sign DeMelo to get an RHD upgrade. We're sticking with Rutta in all probability, if not Foote. That's almost $3m saved. Give Cirelli another $500k, Sergachev another $1.5m, and if necessary, give Cernak another $500k, and then make a call-up so we're at a 21-man roster (maybe you have to shave a few thousand off some of those contracts, then, but not enough to make or break a deal).
I'm not complaining about the Shattenkirk deal because that would be great if he would sign it, but I don't know about that. Likewise, maybe some NTCs will be waived, but definitely not for NJD and ANA. That's where this scenario really fails. Do we rely on Foote to replace Shattenkirk and solidify Rutta's roster spot if Shattenkirk won't sign a cheap deal? And where do we actually put the NTCs? Because we can't just toss them to a lottery team at will.