Malkin’s past season (one of his worst) was better than Trocheck’s (one of his best). however, if the FO burns the bridge with him, Trocheck is probably the best option.

Wait…rust and Heinen are the odd guys out cause of cap but you sign ERod for over 3 million per year? You made this team way worse…why not add Crosby and Guentzel to the Kane trade while you’re massively overpaying lol

ERod had 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points. 3,350,000 is about what I would pay him. I’d love to keep Rust, but I’d rather have Kane. Guys like Ilya Mikheyev wanting around 5 mil will set the bar.

Current Los Angeles roster:
11 forwards = $43.3 million
4 defenders = $17.5 million (Doughty, Roy, Walker, Spence)
2 goalies = $10.8 million
dead cap = $2 million
Subtotal = $73.6 million
Grundstrom = $1 million or more
Vilardi = $1 million or less
Turcotte, or other promotion from Ontario = < $1 million
Anderson = $2.5 million or more
Durzi = $1.5 million
Total = $80.6 million or more
Amount remaining for one LD = less than $1.9 million

So we couldn't fit Pettersson in at 50% retention unless you took Alex Iafallo back, which would mean adding your 2023 first-round draft pick to the offer.

**** I thought they had cap space. Ik they Kings were one of the few teams interested in Pettersson.