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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
They absolutely 100% cannot afford Bouchard, Drai, and McDavid Contracts. They can barely afford two of them.
And Bouchard and Drai come up first.
There is a smart thing to do this offseason, which they won't do. Trade Draisaitl.
Basically, they could attempt one more run at the cup next year (with a worse roster than this year - due to cap restraints), and then be absolutely terrible for a while, OR, they can shift gears a bit, maybe be decent most years, but never really good, for quite a while.
Those are the only two options.
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The only sane thing to do is a sign and trade of pissy to maximize value, load up and start over. Pray McSmythe stays, which would totally bankrupt them or do it again the next year. They could be competitive again right away if they did right.
Narrator: They won't.