I agree, I doubt EM is going to want to pay coaches to not coach this team. Randy Lee is not qualified to be GM, he simply doesn't have the expertise required & sadly I don't see anyone else in this organization right now who is qualified either. EM went out & got BM so I wonder if he is out there now looking for some veteran GM to bring in to right the ship & bring some stability to this organization. I doubt it. The new president EM brought in certainly hasn't fixed anything, maybe made things worse.
As you say it all comes down to money, EM seems to be having money problems, he will probably try & ride this yr out & see what happens to start next yr. Maybe over the summer there will be some coaches & GMs available who are not available now. My guess is that he waits until xmas of next yr to see if Dorion has fixed things before looking to replace the GM. Hopefully, PD has replaced GB by then & if GB goes he's likely replaced by MC to keep costs down. Do you ever see the day when Alfredsson is brought back to be the GM of the Sens? NO, not with this ownership but with new ownership .... maybe. I would love to see new ownership, new GM & new coach.