It is fun watching the Coil flounder with their cap woes……signing McLeod to that 2 yr/$4.2MM really puts them in a bad pinch. It leaves them $3.5MM in cap space with Bouchard yet to sign. Even on a 1 yr bridge deal, $3.5MM isn’t going to get it done in that deal. Looking at the roster, the only choice they have is to move either Kulak or Foegele and bring up Caggiula or Broberg to free up an extra $1.5MM or so to bridge Bouchard.
Unless the top guys, including RNH and Hyman, against post career years this could be a pretty middle of the road hockey team. If McDavid or Draisaitl get hurt for a period of time they could miss the playoffs. But for certain, that is not a contending roster.
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