Going to be tough to move Matheson's contract and that windshield he wears on his face.....

why play coleman on the RW when he's left shot and put R shot Rust on the LW?
That makes no sense at all.

As for McCabe and Merrill you are paying a lot for guys that really are question marks. McCabe is coming off knee surgery. Merrill isn't getting paying time in the playoffs, tells you what MTL thinks of him.
Not sure I like either of those deals. McCabe tore his ACL, he's going to have a rough year next year. That takes at least 1 year to recover from. Just statistically you can see guys stats a year after ACL injury and it's rough. It takes time to get the leg strength back up to normal.
Not sure that's the right move for a team really on the edge of a window.

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, getting out from Matheson's contract would not be easy.

Coleman and Rust could definitely swap. I just had them in there like that whenever Kapanen was still Malkin's RW.

Fair points on McCabe and Merrill as well. I was mostly going from available UFAs and their performance in regards to JFresh Hockey's Player Cards.

McCabe has a very nice ascension of WAR Percentile (96th percentile). He also is in the 67th percentile for Even Strength Offense and 97th percentile for Even Strength Defense. I knew it would be somewhat of a risk coming off of injury which is why the contract was relatively low, but I'm not aware what the statistics trend looks like the year after an ACL injury.

Merrill also grades out well. 71st percentile for WAR, 98th percentile for Even Strength Defense....but only 6th percentile for Even Strength Offense. Corsica also ranks Merrill as the 107th overall defenseman, putting him squarely into the category of second pairing defenseman and 63rd for LD, which would equate to the top 3rd pairing LD in the league.

Merrill is actually out right now due to injury - "Merrill (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision for Game 2 against the Golden Knights on Wednesday, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports...Merrill has already missed seven games due to his undisclosed injury but appears to be nearing a return to action." He played the first 5 games against Toronto prior to being injured. It was reported on May 29 that he would miss one to two weeks.