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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Yeah, anyone who thinks Vegas just "added Eichel" with no other changes required is absolutely nuts.
They need to sign 9 roster players this off season, and if they sign each of them at league minimum, that means moving $4M out in addition to losing Smith, Janmark, and McNabb. That also means that they need to move out or sign for minimum all of their RFAs, even ones that are already making more than minimum, or move out even more salary if any of them want a raise.
This is a completely different team next year.
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Of course they can't ice their entire roster for an entire season when healthy. That roster would be pretty much unbeatable.
Pacioretty - Eichel - Stone
Marchessault - Karlsson - Smith
Patrick - Stephenson - Dadonov
Carrier - Roy - Janmark
Martinez - Theodore
Hague - Pietrangelo
McNabb - Whitecloud
Lehner
The scary thing is that if they make the playoffs, that's pretty much the team they can ice. And as far as next season goes, you trade Pacioretty and Dadonov and recoup some assets lost from the Eichel trade, and you still have Eichel, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Pietrangelo and Theodore. As much as you can hope, let's not pretend Vegas is just all of a sudden going to become a bottom feeder because oh no the salary cap.