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Originally Posted by stemit14
So… if they keep everyone:
Bouchard + McDavid + Draisaitl + Nurse + Hyman = $56 million
$56 million in 5 guys. That’s without any other players signed. Yikes.
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Add in Nothing-Happens and Skinner, who let's say will come in at around $6 million for argument's sake as he's a decent, serviceable starting goalie whose stats will likely benefit from the team in front of him... that would bring it up to $67 million for 7 players in 26/27. Assuming the cap goes up to around $95 million by then, that would only leave them with $28 million for the other 14-15 players on their roster. Ouch.
They need to offload Nurse in the worst way, but even if they do manage that (good luck moving that contract without a massive add-in, btw), that only marginally improves their cap situation. It's quite amazing, really.