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Think about who else is available for Vegas. Montreal protects 7F/3D/1G:
Forwards: Galchenyuk, Gallagher, Pacioretty, Shaw, Radulov (extension before deadline), Byron, Danault (with the way these two are playing now it makes sense)
Defensemen: Weber, Petry, Beaulieu
Goalie: God
There aren't many other solid options for a team looking at being competitive right away. Plek, Mitchell, Emelin all have one year remaining. DD and Markov aren't resigned after this season (in this scenario). The rest are all AHL players and prospects. Plek is really the only guy that can contribute right away effectively AND is one of the bigger names available to Vegas. They're going to be so far under the cap anyways 6million for one year is not a big deal.