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As long as Treliving doesn't trade the first-rounder in a great draft this season (for forwards, at least), we should at least be able to add a quality prospect or two who'll be ready soon. Hopefully that would occur before the greybeards are washed up.

The team is on the older side now. Fortunately, some of the contracts of the guys over 30 either expire this season or next. The ones that don't are:

Kadri, age 32 - 6 more years at 7M per. I'm not sure whether or not this'll be buyout-proof towards the end. He seems like someone who could be a good veteran presence if there's an influx of kids.

Huberdeau, age 29 - 8 more years at 10.5M per. Yikes.

Weegar, age 28 - 8 more years at 6.25 per. D-men tend to age a little better, but so far he doesn't look worth the money.

Markstrom, age 32 - 3 more years at 6M per. Hopefully he won't age like Grandpa Simpson.

Coleman, age 31 - 4 more years at 4.9M per. If he declines as much as Lucic did, at least he doesn't make as much as Lucic.

That means that, at this point, there will be five potentially bad contracts totalling close to $35M on the books after '23-'24. Although it's not ideal, it's probably manageable if the cap space goes up. The key is to draft well and to only surrender high picks when the team looks like a contender!