Considering Cirelli is in the Selke Conversation, many teams are dropping that offer sheet to buy UFA years and pay $7 million + for the picks. One of Cirelli or Sergachev is gone

To me, I can’t see la do that

Also ABB doesn't play C. He moved to wing when he got to the AHL.

Trading Gourde and buying out Johnsson? You have that backwards.

Julien Brisebois isn't buying out Tyler Johnson, Yanni Gourde will be the buyout candidate. The the cap remains flat i serious doubt there's a compliance buy out. All of this is whisfful thinking and i din't see it happening.

There will not be a compliance buyout.

Here is another example of paying big bucks for a goalie destroying your team.

That and giving 3rd liners no trade clauses

There is very likely to be a cbo if the cap remains flat or goes down. Locking one of the best goaltenders up long term is not destroying the team by far. The ntc’s are what they are, they were fair contracts when signed and the ntcs helped keep the value where Yzerman and JBB wanted it. Neither Cirelli nor Sergachev are going anywhere. Tampa will keep their rfa’s on reasonable bridge deals since these players are happy here and understand how Tampa works in order to keep one of the top teams in the league going year after year. With a flat cap plus the cbo of Gourde Tampa can make a 21 or 22 man roster work without too much difficulty.