KZB
Tuch-Chytil-Zucc
Pouliot/cheap FA-Hayes-Fast
Vesey-Nieves-Lettieri
13th forward
McDonagh-Karlsson
Smith-Shattenkirk
Staal-ADA/Pionk
Kampfer
Cap Space: 5.8M assuming 80M cap
2019-2020
Sign McDonagh 8/60
Sign Karlsson 8/92
Sign Buch 6/33
Sign Zucc 3/15
Sign Tuch 2/7
ELC
Trade Smith because Staal is likely untradeable
KZB
Tuch-Chytil-Zucc
Pouliot/Cheap FA/Draft pick-Hayes-Fast
Vesey-Nieves-Lettieri
13th forward
McDonagh-Karlsson
Staal-Shattenkirk
Graves-ADA/Pionk
7th D
Don’t forget about Girardis dead cap space.
I don’t see that roster competing for anything though. That’s not a cup contending team. Not that forward group.
You’re sacrificing the future for
now. Yes, EK is a tremendous talent but he’ll cripple us for a long time.
Sounds like another case of paying a player a ridiculous amount of money, on top of the ridiculous amount of assets it’ll cost to obtain him, for what he’s produced versus what he’ll likely produce.
This scenario screams
been there, done that.
Keep our 1st. And Skjei. And Andersson. Build around the young core we’re developing. Stay the course and avoid that old school NY mentality that’s fist ****ed us forever.
If we really want EK, then offload salary and sign him as a UFA. But I don’t think that’s a good idea either.