Armchair GMing:
1. Two top 6 wingers (palmieri for 1st + addison + conditional 2nd) (kreider for 2nd + POJ + conditional 2nd)
2. Use bjugstad and galchenyuk which are bad fits on our team to get picks to get players that are a better fit (a second round for each and we retain 50% on each to make it happen).
3. Upgrade on LHD (desmith for brendan dillon from sharks)
FORWARDS (14)
Right wing: Kyle Palmieri ($4,650,000) - Bryan Rust ($3,500,000) - Patric Hörnqvist ($5,300,000) - Brandon Tanev ($3,500,000)
Centre: Sidney Crosby ($8,700,000) - Evgeni Malkin ($9,500,000) - Jared McCann ($1,250,000) - Teddy Blueger ($750,000) - Sam Lafferty ($767,500)
Left wing: Dominik Kahun ($925,000) - Chris Kreider ($4,625,000) - Dominik Simon ($750,000) - Zach Aston-Reese ($1,000,000) - Joseph Blandisi ($700,000)
DEFENSE (8)
Right: Kris Letang ($7,250,000) - John Marino ($925,000) - Justin Schultz ($5,500,000) - Chad Ruhwedel ($700,000)
Left: Brian Dumoulin ($4,100,000) - Brenden Dillon ($3,270,000) - Marcus Pettersson ($874,125) - Jack Johnson ($3,250,000)
GOALTENDER (2)
Matt Murray ($3,750,000) - Tristan Jarry ($675,000)
DETAILS
Roster Size: 24
Salary Cap: $81,500,000
Bonus Overages: $132,500
Cap Hit: $76,344,125
Cap Space: $5,155,875 - we actually have 4 million less for retaining on Bjugstad and Galchenyuk.