This is marvellous.
When McDavid and Bouchard get paid, if they can’t dump Nurse, that’s 50 million tied up in 4 guys. Plus another 10.5 in Hyman and Nuge for a few years. And minimum 1.5 dead cap for Campbell.
So if 2025-6 cap jumps from 87.7 to 92 million, it leaves 30 million for 17 players
Average salary about 1.7 million to round out the roster.
Can’t keep Ekholm unless you want to pay average salary about 1.5
Not to mention, these guys have passed their peak age, if other superstars’ data is of predictive value
Good luck with that