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9 teams already over the cap.
Another 13 don't have enough cap room to fit a 5 mil player.
of the 9 remaining teams.
3 of them won't have the cap space when they sign their RFAs.
You are down to 6 teams.
FL, DET, OTT, NSH, LAK, NJ.
Now look at those teams.
OTT has no need for another forward. down to 5.
DET, NJ and LAK are pure rebuild stage, they aren't taking a player unless they are getting assets of use back. aka 1st round picks. They have no need for anything these players offer and the length of their contracts just doesn't fit well. down to 2
FL who knows what is going on there, are they rebuilding or what?
and NSH Who probably ends up with Hoffman.
You got basically two choices. You either package a 1st and probably more to move someone to the 3 rebuilds. Or you pay up something for NSH or FL to take a guy.
I honestly don't think anyone is taking anything for free.
TB most likely is dishing out league min deals to those 3 guys. 1 year tenders, and gonna struggle to figure it out next year.