Why do we need Hamilton?
why Foligno of all wingers?
Why do you have Shore over McLeod?
Nuge is making less

Exactly! I don’t want Hamilton. He’s not the guy we need right now. Foligno is a good veteran player, but yah i don’t think he would fit with McDavid. One of Brandon Saad, or Zach Hyman would be the best players to get from free agency.

You can't retain on players for Expansion Draft purposes, Seattle has to take then at their full salary.

Zach Hyman is going to be too expensive. He's already turned down 5M from TML - his hometown. I like Saad. I wonder what the price would be.
With Hamilton, you get replace some of Barrie's offence and you also get defense. You get the benefits provided by both Barrie + Larsson.
I think the biggest issue here is Klefbom. The team is handcuffed waiting to hear if he can play or not. If he comes back, what Klef do we get? If not, you need a top 4 defensemen not named Adam Larsson.