One scenario what we could do.
Get 3 UFAs for total 17M, and there's still ~9M some cap space via Zetterberg LTIR for other moves. Like hoarding big contracts at the deadline, if the season is bad again.
1. Larkin, 6.1M
2. Mantha, RFA, 6.0M estimation
3. Bertuzzi, RFA, 5.25M estimation
4. Erik Haula, UFA, 4.75M
5. Fabbri, RFA, 3.5M estimation
6. Filppula, 3.0M
7. Glendening 1.8M
8. Zadina, 894k
9. Rasmussen, 894k
10. Svechnikov, RFA, 850k estimation
11. Ehn, RFA, 800k estimation
12. Timashov, RFA, 750k estimation
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13. Helm, 3.85M
14. Abdelkader, 4.25M
1. Torey Krug, UFA, 7.5M
2. Dekeyser, 5.0M
3. Nemeth, 3.0M
4. Bowey, RFA, 1.5M estimation
5. Seider, 925k
6. Hronek, 714k
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7. Cholowski, 894k (or Lindström)
1. Tomas Greiss, UFA 4.5M
2. Bernier, 3.0M
Extras:
- Frans Nielsen bought out June 15th 2020. ---> 3.416M caphit for season 2020-21.
- Stephen Weiss buyout caphit, 1.667M for last season 2020-21
- Henrik Zetterberg 6.081M caphit (LTIR)
Total: 80.855M
Cap: 84.0M
Cap Space: 3.145M
Real Cap space through Zetterberg LTIR: 9.226M
Better team, some kids up, still some flexibility.