I think that we have to bite the bullet on occasion and decide to live with slight overpays of ~$1m, especially if it makes a pivotal player happy. Danault is now a perennial Selke candidate, a trophy he will never win because he does not put up as many points as the 2-3 leaders, but nonetheless an elite defensive centerman who is perfect as a 3C, especially if we roll 3 lines. Whoever we replace him with will save us $3-4m but bleed goals and probably not score as much either. Do we really need more cap space that much?