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Cap space is going to be the major factor in what they do. If Danualt is resigned and Drouin is back in the lineup or he's replaced by a similar cap hit, about the only way they have money to sign Suzuki, Evans and Romanov is by letting Chiarot and Kulak walk and replacing them with ELCs or similar cap hits. That also probably means letting Armia walk, which is definitely going to hurt after the playoffs he's had.
I'd really like to see them get a good scoring LW and a PMD, but they'd probably have to avoid the big names and go for guys like Copp, Foegele or maybe DeBrusk (if they think they can sign him at a good number). On D, Dunn would be good if the trade price doesn't go too high.
I could see Bergevin signing guys like Janmark and Goligoski to short term deals to bridge the gap until some of their prospects that will be coming in the next 2-3 seasons are ready.