- Personally I’d keep Frolik just because of the chemistry he has with the 3M line. Nobody else has shown the same type of chemistry and productivity and I’m not sure it’ll be easy to just find another guy.
- I’d try to find takers for Stone, Czarnik and if need be, Ryan’s contracts. I’m not sure these guys bring enough value per dollar to justify their cap hits.
- I’d also like to trade Neal’s contract, but I realize this will be difficult. If the team can find an equally bad contract with a lesser cap hit or less term, I’d absolutely explore that option.
All in all, removing $13+ million and adding xx.xx could free up enough to not only sign the key RFAs, but the team might even have enough to add a quality free agent. Preferably, a 1 or 2 year term because I think most of us have seen enough bad long term deals by now.
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