Bringing back Forbort and Shattenkirk. Gross.

This means losing Bussi to waivers and failing to add scoring punch may just put us back to where the B's are this year (done in the 2nd round)? I think they could do much better on depth defensemen than bringing back the Forbert/Shatty duo. But there is something to be said for staying cap flexible next year when some more impact 1C's are scheduled to be FA's.

No it doesn't. It just means Bussi would need to clear waivers and he likely would. For someone to thinking about claiming him, he'd basically need to come into camp and look like a legit #1 NHL goalie. By the time he'd be on waivers, teams already have their goaltending in place and unless of an injury, they aren't looking to add goaltending. Not only that, but Bussi has ZERO NHL games under his belt so why would a team claim him knowing he needs to stay on the NHL roster all season?

Why would he have to look like a #1? Couldn't he be better than most backups? Plenty of backups could be then sent through waivers and Bussi added at a similar or lesser cap hit.

Jakub Who-ko?

Going to assume that Lauko trade is To Whomever Will Accept, because there'd be no place for him on the Jackets... or the Monsters, for that matter.

No team is putting a claim in on a guy with zero NHL experience who looks like he could be a good back-up based on pre-season games.