I am not really worried. I can't see Campbell requesting more than 5M realistically. He had a good 20 games last year. This year his save percentage will go down. By comparison, Frederik played 125 NHL Games before his 5M contract, and before COVID-19.
Let's say Campbell wants 5.5.
- Capmbell's existing (1.65M)
- Kessel - (1.2M)
- Mikheyev likely gone (~1.65M)
- Frank Seravalli noted the cap would go up by 1M.
- Total: 5.5M
- Lilly and Sandin won't (can't) ask for the moon. One of Muzzin, Holl, Dermott will likely be traded realistically (we need to play our upcoming dmen). Good chance we have an Engvall replacement internally (Anderson, Robertson... Bottom bin player like Bunting, Kase, Kemf...).
Can we just enjoy the fact our team is giving a shit game in and game out consistently?