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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
Keep in mind that Bennett and Tkachuk are going to be biting into that 13.5 remaining at the start of next season with Brouwer remaining for 1 more year and it actually gets tighter.
Tkachuk is easy 7 x 6.5 mill and Bennett probably 3 years x 3 mill and we will be needing to find a replacement for Smith at that time too.
Still a long way to go but our core is more defined no doubt.
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I would expect Frolik and Stone to be traded for picks before next season as hopefully someone internally can develop and replace them, and a Brouwer buyout next season is a no-brainer. Those 3 moves should cover Tkachuks and Bennett's contract plus, and while we have to replace Smith we shed his 4.5 million as well so we're probably looking at adding only 2-3 million to the currrent cap hit.