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Jiri Hrdina · 07-17-2022, 07:36 PM

I'm of the mind that the team should really think about maintaining cap flexibility for next summer and the summer after. A bunch of contracts will start to peel off...whatever you do keep that flexibility in place so you can do a larger re-shape in those two summers.

Next summer: Lucic, Monahan come off which is 11.6M right there from players you likely are done with.
The summer after is more interesting because you have Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, Zadorov, Backlund, Toffoli all ending, worth over 30M in total. Now some of those you probably want back (Lindholm, Hanifin, and perhaps Tanev/Backlund on cheaper deals).
Don't do anything this year, a season which you are not going to win the cup, that undermines that optionality going forward.

07-17-2022, 07:36 PM	#80
Jiri Hrdina Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2014 Exp:	I'm of the mind that the team should really think about maintaining cap flexibility for next summer and the summer after. A bunch of contracts will start to peel off...whatever you do keep that flexibility in place so you can do a larger re-shape in those two summers. Next summer: Lucic, Monahan come off which is 11.6M right there from players you likely are done with. The summer after is more interesting because you have Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, Zadorov, Backlund, Toffoli all ending, worth over 30M in total. Now some of those you probably want back (Lindholm, Hanifin, and perhaps Tanev/Backlund on cheaper deals). Don't do anything this year, a season which you are not going to win the cup, that undermines that optionality going forward.