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I think a lot of people are looking at long term S&P ramifications this way: Rask + Dumba = $10M... Rask + Zuccarello = $10M ... I am assuming Rask will likely play out this year and be a nominal cap placeholder for dead money. Then next offseason, when we can trade Zuccarello to 20 teams and Dumba to 20 teams, both possibilities will be explored to try to clear out some more cap. Obviously that doesn't count in the tradability of those players... just that there are some natural options that we have going into the painful years of the buyouts.
While the contract is in line with the term, I am not sold on 6 years for McCabe... we might regret that year 4... I agree with your premise of keep contracts short. It's really all we will be able to afford. I think 2 year contracts are okay as well as 1s. Thats just me though. I might go 2 or 3 on McCabe.