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Also per Friedman, Arizona and OEL are a situation to watch.

If we aren't rebuilding, I'm all over that.

To ARZ: Noah Hanifin, Oliver Kylington
To CGY: Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Does that get it done? Hanifin's contract is significantly better than OEL's, but Tree and Maloney have experience with OEL.

OEL, Giordano, and Valimaki becomes our LHD next season.

Then go out and sign Taylor Hall, while trading Johnny for a high pick (NJD's 7th) or a package including a centre prospect.

Mangiapane - Backlund - Tkachuk
Hall - Bennett - Lindholm
Dube - Monahan - ?
Lucic - Ryan - ?

Ekman-Larsson - Andersson
Giordano - ?
Valimaki - ?

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Assuming Hall is 7.75M-8M, and Mangiapane is done on a short deal (2-2.5), that will leave somewhere around $10M to fill out the remainder of the roster. If you need more cap-space, I'd imagine you could find a new home for Ryan.

That's the type of summer I'm hoping for if it's not a rebuild and it changes the look of the team significantly - and I think it would be our Weber for Subban trade (with us being Montreal).


...and my fandom is back to being excited about all the potential outcomes this off-season.