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Honestly, I'd save the buyouts until after 2024-25 - even if you hypothetically kept all 4 of those guys you should still have space for everyone here - Gallagher's $6.5M + Anderson's $5.5M + Dvorak's $4.45M + Armia's $3.4M = $19.85M. You've got $19.846M available and if you keep those 4 guys you'd have to send down/not sign 4 of the 23 you currently have on the roster here. Personally, I'd pass on Marchessault (he feels like Vegas for life at this point anyway) and find new homes for Pezzetta, RHP, and Ylonen - whether trading them off the roster or stashing them in Laval. This team would be better but still not a full-throated Cup contender, IMO, so let two of those four deals die off, buy out Anderson & Gallagher in summer 2025, and use the cap space on upgrading the top 6 and extending guys like Guhle, Dach, & Slaf.