Quoting: Radu47
Imagine if Waddell offer sheeted Turcotte next year
Like homer simpson eating chips
And the baby greyhounds jump stealing them
You even looked at their Cap projection after adding KK?
If they sign him and Necas with term their top 5 forward core is locked up Svechnikov,Aho,Tuerovinen,KK and Necas with 33/82m minimum required
Another 14.5m in D invested with term for 47.5/82m with 14 other players to account for with 34.5m/82 left with 16.5m tied up in Staal,Gardinar,Anderson and Ranta
So realistically you got 18.5m to sign 10 players or keep Nino,Trochek,Martinook,Fast,Deangelo ,ext
Thats if Necas doesnt push for more then a matched Cap hit to KK OS reward
If he does that then their in a bit of trouble
MTL has Byron gone , Drouin with 2 years left , Chiarot and Kulak with 1 year
Thats an extra 10.8m not including the cap cleared moving Byron out or that Lehkonen is unlike to return (2.4m to match its easier to invest that in Suzuki/Romanov/Caufield)
Easily sign Suzuki for 7m on a 6-7 year deal im sure but if not we'll be getting a huge return on OS of 2x firsts ,1x second & 1x third
That leaves Romanov enough cap between moving Byron , the 3.8m left from UFA's and letting Lehkonen go if need be to match any OS on Romanov.
Caufield would be tricky but moving out any RW behind him clears enough cap as long as he doesnt have a 30-40 goal break out season
MTL has options even if we add Turcotte as his ELC isnt up for 3 years
By that time Carey Price is only has 2 years left and if we havent won a cup yet will be looking to leave for a contender anyways
IF not Edmunston, Hoffman and Toffoli's deals will be up giving us another 12.25m to work with
CAR needs to worry about CAR
They went all in on KK now they either got to pay him or left him walk a UFA
(no one's taking a trade on him at that cap if he struggles this season)