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Crow shouldn't get $6M, $4M for 2 years...maybe $4.5M. We can expose Crow to the expansion next summer too. Strome should be bridged for 3 years IMO at $4M...let's see what happens with Dach and presumably we draft Lundell or Rossi. Lundell could easily replace the need for Stome but like you said, not sure that pans out this year and likely is a next summer decision. Also will be interesting to see what happens with Barrat and whether he can take on 3rd line duties. As such, don't want to over-commit to Strome right now and we own his rights so we don't need to. Expansion will also increase the cap which allows us to put Kubalik on a short term deal and if he repeats his performance, we can give him a long term big money deal he deserves.
LOVE these front 4 lines (although Carps and Highmore should rotate regularly). 3 very solid scoring lines and 4 defensively responsible lines up front that can take some pressure off our backend. Defense will be dependent on Mitchell, Boqvist and Carlsson all stepping up and maturing. Ironically, the one I'm most concerned with is Boqvist as he is physically not as strong as Mitchell or Carlsson and we saw that when he took a concussion at the end of this season.
Why I also love the brodin/strome trade, I think it highly is solely dependent on drafting a 3C that can step right in and at the #9OA, the only realistic guy that can do that is Lundell and even then, asking a 18 year kid to step right in like Dach has is a tall order.