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The Senators aren't moving Formenton, because they need his cheap non-arb RFA years to help manage their budget. Replace Formenton with Brown, and that's about right. Minnesota has 6.6 million with 19 players on their roster. They can fit Brown's 3.6M cap hit in, and still have 3M for their next 3 roster spots. He is not a direct replacement for Fiala, obviously, but he helps maintain some depth in their top 9.
Minnesota might need another goalie, in which case Gustavsson instead of a 3rd also might make sense. With Gus' and Brown, Minnesota would have a 21 player roster with 2.2M remaining in cap space. Dorion is bluffing about rolling with 3 goalies.
So either 7th+Brown+3rd or 7th+Brown+Gustavsson.