I think they will have to buy him out, or trade him for Komisarek straight up.
Then use the compliance buyouts on Booth and Komisarek, while keeping Ballard. That would save face for the GM, as he didn't give up much for Booth (compared to Ballard), and would get them barely under the cap. Vancouver oweners will still easily turn a profit with those two buyouts on the books
I can't see them re-signing Roy, but they should pick up a 3rd line center from somewhere
Daniel - Henrik - Jensen?
Raymond - Kesler - Burrows
Higgins - new center - Hansen
Weise - Lapierre - Kassian
Edler - Bieksa
Garrison - Hamhuis
Ballard - Tanev
Schneider
Lack
Assuming they spend 3-4 mil on the 3rd center, this would put them just under 65 mil for their cap. That lineup right there is pretty much equal in quality to the lineup they have right now, so I can see them getting through this relatively unscathed. I don't have much faith in Gillis' abilities though
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