It's been another interesting week for me, thanks again to everyone who gave me advice, swayze and simmer being the 2 on msn the most that I went to for help.
After looking over my roster endless times I decided that having 26.5 million tied up at center was too much. The goal became to try and move out at least 1 of my centermen and try and shore up the back end. I was able to do this in moving out Horcoff , having a 3rd line center making 5 million really didn't sit well with me. In this trade I was able to add 2 NHL defencemen in Jurcina and Martinek which were desperately needed. I am without a true #1 dman at this point but having a back end that was at the very least serviceable at the NHL level was more important.
Next was trying to shed some of the grid contracts that I felt were hampering me. The next trade presented itself in an offer for Cole, again I was fairly contract heavy at left wing and Cole was expendable. This trade allowed to me add Jesse Winchester to fill a much needed 4th line center role as well as add some depth at the minor league level. Moving Cole also meant that I could clear some cap space and place a more suitable player in a 4th line role with Tanner Glass most likely filling this spot after spending last season in the AHL.
There will most likely be a couple roster spots available to be filled by younger guys and the hope is they can be solid NHlers. With the cap space that has been cleared I will looking either a) resigning Frolov and/or Antropov on LW and RW respectively or b) filling these spots through free agency
Lastly is the backup goaltender position, Brodeur will be resigned after having a good season last year. At this point the options are a) signing a backup through free agency or b) adding an AHL goalie and giving either Sanford or Endras the opportunity to backup Brodeur this season.
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