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I like the idea of Klingberg but I don't see how they can fit 7M under the cap for the 23-24 season and keep the core in tact. Stuey, Zub and DeBrincat are all up for big extensions. There's probably 10-12M in additional salary right there if Stuey gets around 8M, a little over 4 for Zub and around 9, his QO, for the Cat. Plus Pinto will need a raise, so there's another mil or two, could be more if he has a monster year but I would imagine a bridge at 2-3M for him is the play.
After next year it's not as bad with Murray, Ryan and Delly's buyouts/salary retention coming off, that totals over 4M.
Ideally a d-man at 4.5M would fit perfectly and would leave room for extensions for the current core (all this hinges on the ability of getting rid of Zaitsev though).