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Originally Posted by AR_Six
If you were to immediately change the team into a good hockey team by next year? First is losing 3 guys in Bouwmeester, Iginla and Kipper.
Tanguay ??????? ???????
Cervenka Cammy Hudler
Glencross Backlund Stempniak
Giordano ??????????
Wideman Brodie
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Mess with the middle 6 forwards however you want, the top 9 is missing a top line centre and a replacement for Iginla. That's two players, probably $12 million in salary. Top 4 D is missing a true, bona fide #1 guy who would replace Bouwmeester, probably at $6 or so. Goaltending is missing a high-end starting goaltender to replace Kiprusoff so as not to regress overmuch at that position; say another $6.
So my answer is 4 players, $24 million in salary. It's a lot to ask.
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This pretty much sums it up.
It's pretty obvious but the holes are the ones that are the hardest to fill.