Cap wont go up 3mil

But I like some of the moves, but think the UFAs are underpaid and will go elsewhere for more.

Kampf will get 2mil or more, Patches wont get 1mil -probably more like 4mil, acciari will get an increase on his 22-23, and ROR and Severson could both go for a bit more. As far as 24-25 goes, you'd be hard pressed to keep Max P, Lafferty and LeBlanc, while you're paying Matthews, Liljegren, Robertson, Samsonov and expiring guys like Giordano, Acciari, Lemieux with replacing with QUALITY guys.

But I like the pairing ideas on defense and the signings of a lemieux/severson, but the team is still pretty top 6 focused

Pacioretty I'm basing that number off the bonus rule where because of his age and his injury they can pay him in bonuses that would carry over into the next year. Thats my theory for that contract and cap number anyway.

I agree some guys could get paid better. It's always an educated guess what someone would be willing to take depending on the situation they're in. I agree this team doesn't prepare you much for the next season... but it also gives room for a major reset if it doesn't go well.

Good points, the only problem with Max P and bonuses carrying over- so does the bigger portion of the Murray buyout, so those 2 things together would eat too much of the cap in 24-25 that would endanger signing all the UFAs/RFAs and would ultimately just delay a more extensive rebuild/retool

And only just noticed you have an 85.5mil cap, when its only 83.5mil, so at best you're down to just 19 skaters and no cap space on roster.

Just basing it off a potential higher cap some still are speculating about