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This seems like an over-the-top way to say, “they should take cap dumps” (the Arizona model). Although some of these teams should be paying less to move cap.
But I disagree with the general approach. By landing Bedard, I think their path back is doable without becoming a dumping ground. Go for the patient rebuild. New Jersey stunk for a while, but never took anyones bad cap (we bought a year of Ryan Murray for a 5th…that is the closest thing since 2016 that would qualify as a cap dump). And NJD rebuild was probably most similar to Chicago’s rebuild in late 2000s.
Bedard, Korchinski, Greene, Nazar, Reichel, Commesso…they can get there without adopting the Arizona model.