Man...sometimes I think the Oilers could get over the hump if only they didn't have about 8 mil wasted between buyouts and an overvalued Neal (who would be good at like 3 mil still), but man...you guys have a bit more dead Cap than the Oil (including the Baertschi bury here), and then have like 3 James Neal equivalents... This Nucks team could have been set up for a cup this season without just Eriksson, or say two of Beagle/Sutter/Baertschi/Roussel. Really too bad.

when your fourth line is your most expensive one, and accounts for over a third of what your forwards make.

You guys are all going to regret these posts when Eriksson scores 36 goals again, Beagle nets 30 points and a +20 +/- rating and Sutter scores 21 goals like he has twice before in his career. This line's cap hit will look like a bargain! Everyone will be saying "trade Boeser and Pettersson and Miller, and resign these other three guys!"

*puts down the empty scotch glass, reaches for the bottle that I opened earlier this evening and realize that it's empty...*