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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
So for next year if we can dump these UFAs:
Pitlick - $1.75M
Zadorov - $3.75M
Gudbrandson - $1.95M
That's $7.45M there to play with and maybe give $4-$5M to Gaudreau and use the rest for Vallimaki and plugs.
Can we then wait for Monahan's $6.375M and Lucic's $5.25M to expire after next year to sign Tkachuk after his RFA? That's $11.625M in cap that comes back after Monahan and Lucic come off the books.
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Tkachuk is due a contract next year, not the year after. And the qualifying offer is $9M.
Also, if you dump those contracts you have to replace the players, since they are all regulars. Valimaki replaced one D. I suppose you could try Mackey as the other and a rookie to replace Pitlick. But they still make some money, not zero.