A Sean Monahan buyout as a last resort wouldn't be the worst thing. (I love Sean Monahan and I'm not advocating for this, just wanted to look into the numbers if we need to go there.)
The buyout cost would be $2M in 22-23 and $2M in 23-24. So we would save $4m on his cap hit next year and then be on the hook for that $2M for one more year past. Not bad all things considered.
https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout-c...r/sean-monahan