Quoting: Prime_Jimbo
You're fav team just gave them their best player with retention for 7 year!! They will be back. They'll bring Marchy back and the top 6 will be great along with a killer bottom 6 lead by Karlsson and Roy. They have $6M with Lehner on LTIR with 11 F 7 D and 2 G. They will be fine and that first will be late.
It's crazy to think they won't be just as good for a while. They have a ton of talent and are better set for this coming season with some young talent like Brisson coming up too.
My favorite team offloaded a 30 year old with 6.5 years left with a full NMC, while shedding nearly 7 mil per year lol. And STILL got an unprotected 1st and Vegas' best prospect.
Vegas is guaranteed to lose Stephenson, Amadio (probably the 2nd best forward in the Dallas series), Carrier, Mantha, and Martinez. And they also have Dorofeyev who should be getting north of 1.5 mil, so essentially 4.5 mil to sign Marchy.
Even if they do sign Marchy their top six would be:
Barby (bad season) - Eichel (frequently injured) - Stone (constantly injured)
Karlsson - Hertl (Frequently Injured) - Marchy (Turns 34 in Dec)
Not sure how you factored Karlsson into their bottom six because beyond those guys, their next best forward would I guess be Roy or Cotter and they certainly aren't top 6 guys.
No doubt this is still a very good team, but my entire point is if they have the same injuries they had last year with those top 6 guys, they could be in BIG trouble. I wouldn't be suppressed if that pick is 32 overall or in the top 10