we're not a cap team and wont be unless we go far in the playoffs and then euge decides to pony up to go all in.
That said, why do we need gonchar@4M? why do we need
[email protected]? The kids are proving themselves right now, and some combination of karlsson/cowen/methot/wiercioch/benoit/borowiecki/gryba/ceci will do fine to get us into the playoffs. Same story up front with ryder@4m.
we have depth. We've proven that. We have top-end dmen and goalies. All we need to do is spend the money for a top-line winger, and hey - there's one available this year. Just give him his money and stay the course everywhere else, and we become a cap midpoint team that makes the playoffs and can do some damage. If that works, then we can talk about euge spending more money to put us over the top.