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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

My strategy for these team going forward, with the expected cap to be $82.5M.

1) Trade Monahan and Valimaki to Ottawa for Connor Brown. $3.6M cap hit, $4.325M cap savings.
2) Trade Backlund to whoever for futures and draft picks. $5.35M cap savings.
3) Trade Lucic to Seattle for future considerations after his signing bonus is paid. $5.25M cap savings.
4) Sign Gaudreau to an 8 year $72M extension ($12M, $12M, $11M, $10M, $8M, $7M, $6M, $6M). $9M cap hit.
5) Sign Mangiapane to a 6 year $36M extension. $6M cap hit.
6) Sign Kylington to a 4 year, $14M extension. $3.5M cap hit.
7) Sign Jarnkrok to a 4 year $11M extension. $2.75M cap hit.
8) Sign Gudbranson to a 3 year, $8.25M extension. $2.75M cap hit.
9) Trade Tkachuk at the draft, to St. Louis for 2022 1st, Robert Thomas, and Scott Perunovich.
10) Dip into the UFA pool and sign Filip Forsberg to a 7 year $52.5M deal. $7.5M cap hit.
11) Sign Ruzicka ($1M, one-way) and Perunovich ($1.5M one year, then work on long-term deal).

Gaudreau ($9M)-Lindholm ($4.85M)-Forsberg ($7.5M)
Mangiapane ($6M)-Thomas ($2.8M)-Coleman ($4.9M)
Jarnkrok($2.75M)-Ruzicka ($1M)-Toffoli ($4.25M)
Pelletier ($.863M)-Dube ($2.3M)-Brown ($3.6M)
Duehr ($.828M)

Hanifin ($4.95M)-Anderson ($4.55M)
Kylington ($4M)-Tanev ($4.5M)
Perunovich ($1.5M)-Gudbranson ($2.75M)
Mackey ($.913M)

Markstrom ($6M)-Vlader ($.75M)

$80.554M cap hit. Still some room for the RFAs to get their longer term deals the following summer.

Not trying to start anything, I'm just not convinced this team is anywhere near as good without Tkachuk. I know there's a cap, and $$$ have to come from somewhere - I just think we need to sign both Johnny and Tkachuk and then figure the rest out (as impossible at that seems to be).