I don't know, I think we could end up in a position next year where we can't keep everyone (in addition to losing Killorn).
We're looking at giving raises to Joseph and Cirelli, Serg and Cernak, and Vasy.
Let's assume Point signs this year for $8.5m and next year the cap goes up by $2m. And assume we go with minimum contracts everywhere else: Killer's replacement at $700k, Verhaeghe still at $700k, Martel or a replacement at $700k, Rutta's replacement at $700k, whoever we replace Miller with this year still making $700k.
That leaves us just $17m in total salary to distribute among the 5 guys I mentioned above. For sake of argument, let's say it takes $8m to sign Vasy, leaving $9m for Joseph, Cirelli, Serg and Cernak. I don't think that's enough.
I bet Serg will demand term and a number -- say $4.5m x 6yrs. We can probably talk Cernak into a bridge, maybe $2.5m. Joseph, let's say $2m, and that would be all the money; nothing left for Cirelli. And I think Cirelli could definitely go for $4.5m and term, maybe $2.5m to $3m if he'll take a bridge.
Now if we could get all 4 of those guys to bridge, then we can probably keep all of them -- but we'll likely have some real cap problems in 2 years when they all need to get paid, vs getting them somewhat cheaper with term next year. If we can't bridge all 4, it is still possible -- we would probably still have to bridge 3 of them but need to scrape up $2m to $3m from various places (maybe Point and Vasy sign for a little less than I estimated, maybe the cap goes up a bit more than $2m, maybe we trade Coburn and replace him with a rooke to save $1m).
But at this point, I'm trying to make peace with the idea of losing one of them. I think we can't afford to lose the d-men, so it would be either Cirelli or Joseph. We might need to approach it that we keep whichever of the two will sign for less, so that would probably mean trading Cirelli.