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-I do programming in my free time, and I created an AI based on the moves that Vegas makes in the NHL.
-I told the AI that Vegas needs a goalie, fed in the current landscape of the league, and decided to see how they would solve that goaltending problem.
-I guess the AI felt that Vegas would need to make cap based moves with Anaheim before fixing their goalie situation.
-Silfverberg is not expected to play again.
-In real money, he is either owed 5.25M x 2 years (if uninsured), or 1.05 x 2 years (if insured).
-Vegas can spend money. It also does not hurt them add more LITR contracts, since they will already have Weber on LTIR for many years.
-With both Weber and Lehner on LTIR, they can exceed the cap by 12.857M. They already exceed it by 5.794M with a 17 player roster. Therefore, they have roughly 7 million worth of space left that they will be able to exceed the cap by before finalizing their roster with Weber and Lehner on LTIR.
-Karlsson clears up an additional 5.9M. We'll say that they will retain 1M on Karlsson if Silfverbeg is not insured. So at minimum, he clears up 4.9M.
-This means they have 12.9M to work with, with 16 roster players.
-The motivation for Vegas to make these moves is to free up cap to give Nazem Kadri a 7 year 9M AAV contract.
-That leaves Vegas with 2.9M to fill 5 roster spots. Like usual, they will not be able to run iwth a 23 player roster, but they should be able to get up to 20 or 21 players.
-Hague, the 2nd, and taking Silfverberg's LTIR contract are the sweeteners for Anaheim taking Karlsson, who is still a good player, but likely has negative value in the current tight cap climate.
-Hague is a tough pill to swallow, but since the AI decided that Vegas would sign UFA center Nazem Kadri as a solution to not having a goalie, Vegas cannot afford Hague anyways.
-I guess the AI is too realistic. Vegas never went after a goalie. They instead went after a random star player.