Why would DOmi sign long term in an ANNUALLY JUMPING CAP for what hes making now?

WHy would 31 yr old Edmundsen, who's making 3.75mil take 2mil long term?

There are only 3 quality UFA centers and stephenson has been criminally underpaid, so 4mil is way too light

And why ignore goaltending? Wedgewood/Jones/Woll (because of injuries) is not a good/consistent net

Domi deal is drawing on the whole hometown not having to move cities every year plus endorsements etc.

I take the point on edmundson although don't think its impossible he signs it to be on a contender. If not there's similar options in the same bracket, maybe do a deal with vegas for Hague at $2.2m etc.

Depending on how the chips fall could potentially stretch to a bit more on stephenson and even run a 21/22 man roster so could get towards the $5-6m area. I'd argue he wont go for beyond that $6/7m+ but hey could be wrong.

Again take the point on the goaltending but is it really worth spending $3-5m for a goalie who could fall down. Plenty of teams have proved you can win with low paid goalies so personally a trio of Woll/Wedgewood/Jones with better D in front should be more than okay given cap constraints from our big contracts.

All in all I'd be more than happy with this line-up and feel this or a variation of this is definitely achievable.

Kinda crazy to think Timmins isn't worth his contract at 1.1m. He can be waived to the Marlies and not affect the cap at all.
Stephenson is underpaid. Those two scratches should be Marlies starting season.
Negotiation rights....pretty useless, unless you offer the player eight years. He might as well test the market.