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Nah Serg is getting somewhere in the 4.5-5 range and it's far from grossly underpaid. Most of his recent comparables have been in the high 4's on bridge deals and with Tampa's organizational structure and philosophy, 4.5 for Serg and 4ish for Cirelli is pretty accurate for their next deals. Unless one of Gourde/Johnson/Palat waive then unf Killorn gets moved, it's pretty straightforward. Depending on where the cap actually ends up, Paquette and Coburn will also be moved to save cap and that will be enough to sign the rfa's. Coleman and Goodrow fill in the gaps for Killorn and Paquette. Shattenkirk has been no godsend and hasn't exactly been great defensively. He was never going to be more than a 1 year fill in anyway. I expect the d next year to be Hedman-Rutta, McD-Cernak and Serg-Foote with Bogosian/Schenn/Gaunce as depth. Tampa may go after another 1 year fill on a lesser hit but I don't see the need as much next year as long as Rutta re-signs and Foote is ready.