Coburn and Johnson have NTC, willing to bet chicago and ottawa are not on those lists.(well maybe chicago but why would they want Coburn)

They need defense

Not the Coburn kind of defense tho

They can’t understand we won’t help them

Johnson won't waive to Ottawa, if he waives (which I think is quite possible) it will be to a competing team that can play him top 6 (and has cap space of course). Also his value is not negative.

Get Rutta off the 1st pair and put Sergachev there. Cernak contract is probably right but Sergachev probably won't get 2 years as well. That puts those 2 and Point (all with Arb Rights) in the same contract year with only Palat coming off the books. Cirelli contract walks him to UFA (7 pro years completed). However it is nice that it lines him up with the Gourde contract, I think he takes that deal. Maybe giving Serg the 5 year deal and Cirelli a 3 year is better, you buy 1 year of Serg's free agency that way.