Edited Aug. 21, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.
Thanks for all the feedback.
Here are my projected lineups for all the teams involved.
Toronto
Leafs additional transaction: Leafs send Travis Dermott, Jeremy Bracco and Alex Kerfoot to Anahiem for Josh Manson, signs Joe Thornton for minimum as free agent.
LW C RW
L1 = Hymann, Matthews, Nylander
L2 = Robertson, Tavares, Marner
L3 = Mikheyev, Thornton, Kassian
L4 = Engvall, Spezza, Aberg
B = Petan, Maglin, Korshkov
D1 = Rielly, Muzzin
D2 = Manson, Sandin
D3 = Liljegren, Larsson
B = Benning, Holl, Rosen
G1 = Murray
G2 = Campbell
Edmonton
Additional trade Puljujarvi to Winnipeg for Roslovic
L1 = Athanasiou, McDavid, Johnsson
L2 = Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, Yamamoto
L3 = Neal, Roslovic, Archibald
L4 = Sheehan, Khaira, Chiasson
B = Haas, Ennis, Benson, Nygard
D1 = Nurse, Bear
D2 = Klefbom, Broberg
D3 = Jones, Bouchard
B = Johnson, Green
G1 = Andersen
G2 = Koskinen
Pittsburgh
Would be nice if they could add another blueliner in the free agency without breaking the bank but cap is just tight. But sometimes its addition by subtraction, with Johnson gone the defense may just improve. If there are just takers for Bjugstad and his salary the Pens should really be all ears on this.
L1 = Guentzel, Crosby, Kapanen
L2 = Zucker, Malkin, Rust
L3 = Sheary, Bjugstad, Hornqvist
L4 = Aston-Reese, McCann, Tanev
B = Lafferty, Simon, Rodrigues, Blueger
D1 = Dumoulin, Letang
D2 = Pettersson Marino
D3 = Russell, Schultz
B = Marincin, Riikola, Trotman
G1 = Jarry
G2 = DeSmith
Its a win for all three teams, each of them got stronger and deeper.