Quoting: FireShero
So EDM gets bounced in round 1 due to lack of depth and you think EDM's solution is to buyout Neal and Koskinen, and with Sekera's buyout, have nearly $5,000,000 in dead cap space for 2 years????? You know how much that could improve the bottom 6?
EDM has to resign/ replace RNH, Barrie, Larsson, Smith, resign Yamamoto and maybe resigning Nurse long term that $15,900,000 will be gone quick too.
RNH and Larsson's contracts are expiring, and in a flat cap world, not going to increase by a great deal.
Replace Barrie with Klefbom (or use Klefbom's LTIR.)
Smith and Yamamoto? Maybe 1.75M for Smith, and Yamamoto did nothing to help himself in his sophomore season.
Also, this doesn't take into consideration adding young players on ELC's like McLeod, Bouchard, Broberg.
For the first time since Chiarelli, Edmonton has cap space.