$6.2M to spend on a 2nd line center, a starting goaltender and Addison? Yeeesh. That’s almost impossible. Even a cheap starter like MAF will cost probably $3M. Addison will probably be $1.5-2M. That leaves $1.2-1.7M for a 2nd line center (maybe a Gaudreau extension?).Well, that mock up isn't something that can happen, since the Talbot/Kahkonen ship has sailed. Going forward with the options we currently have, I could stomach it.
This year:
Kaprizov - Hartman - Zuccarello
Boldy - Gaudreau - Fiala (8M)
Greenway - Eriksson Ek - Foligno
Duhaime - Dewar (900k) - Bjugstad (900k)
Deslauries (750k)
Parise buyout
Brodin - Spurgeon
Middleton (X) - Addison
Kulikov - Goligoski
Merrill
Suter buyout
Talbot
2G (Y)
~$4M to spend on Middleton and a 2nd goalie. Only requires a Dumba + Jost trade. Could probably even keep Jost around if you wanted to.
Next year:
Kaprizov - Rossi - Hartman
Boldy (6.5M) - Somebody (X) - Fiala
Greenway - Eriksson Ek - Foligno
Four 4th liners totaling 3.5M
Parise buyout
Brodin - Spurgeon
Middleton (~2) - Addison (Y)
Goligoski - Merrill
Somebody (900k)
Suter buyout
Goalie of some sort (Z)
Wallstedt (925k)
~$6.2M to spend on a center between Boldy/Fiala (X), Addison's bridge (Y) and goalie to pair with Wallstedt (Z).
Once you get past the numbers aspect, that defense is awful.