I guess Suter would be the third center, and he's pretty good for a 3C... Looking at their cap for next year, the comparison from this series of trades is essentially:
Out
Miller (8.0)
Heinen (2.25)
Desharnais (2.0)
Brannstrom (Can be buried; no cap impact)
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12.25 AAV = 2F, 1D, 1 AHLer
In
Pettersson (5.5)
Chytil (4.5)
O'Connor (UFA, probably <2M)
Mancini (Can be buried; no cap impact)
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+- 12.00 AAV = 2F, 1D, 1 AHLer
So they wind up saving a bit against the cap depending on if they re-sign O'Connor and for how much, but mostly they're reallocating 3.5M from forwards to defensemen, downgrading one position group to upgrade another. Given that their defense was woeful, that makes some sense.
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