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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
No, he’s taking up one of their spots, but I think we’ll manage filling spots 3-6 with a mix of cheaper vets and young players. That’s what you want, isn’t it? That’s the whole point of not wanting to sign Lindholm, because you want some cap flexibility to pay young stars? So if Kylington earns a far bigger contract, it seems to make sense to reduce the amount spent on our 4/5 defencemen and not bring back guys that are 28 and 33 years old, right?
Why would you even entertain bringing Hanifin, Tanev, or Zadorov back or trying to replace them through free agency with more expensive players around the same age? lol. That’s the exact opposite of what you’ve been pitching with Lindholm.
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What about the defensemen that were already there? We'll be up against the cap before he gets a raise, so how do we get that cap space? Gotta ship them out no matter how young or good they were and replace them with lesser players. What if there's 2 or 3 forwards that need a raise at the same time since we're using younger players that must be on their ELC to be so cheap? Can't dump one of the big contracts yet. Nobody will touch them and they still have 5 years left on them. The other contracts coming off the books will be peanuts because the cap is going up so much.