majormajor
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I don't know who we would move out even to entertain EK on the roster. With less than 1M in available cap space, its going to take more than just moving Driedger.
True tat! Even having Schultz as part of any EK trade (provided that SJ is not on Schultz's 10 team no trade list) only frees up $3 million, so the Sharks would have to eat a lot of Karlsson's salary and / or take on several contracts just to make it work cap wise
The Sharks were rumored to be willing to retain down to $8.5m or so.
We can get up to $7.5m space without trouble: Driedger + Schultz + $1m in current space. But there's no clear way to get that extra bit. So many forwards have 10 team NTCs, who knows if they have San Jose on their lists. Nice climate at least, and a good place for people with money.
The amount of retention will heavily determine the cost. I think the cost would be Wright or maybe Ryker Evans. The Sharks might not be willing to retain down to $7.5m no matter the return. That's an unprecedented amount of retention.