According to Cap Friendly we have $9.6m to spend next year. If we somehow manage to get rid of Beleskey, it bumps to $13.4m, but let's presume that this miracle doesn't happen. I'll presume that Vegas takes Colin Miller - that's another £1m in the bank, so there's $10.6m to spend.
Sign Pastrnak @ $6m / 6 years
Sign Acciari @ $900k / 1-2 years
O'Gara in to replace Morrow @ $925k
We still need to fill the holes left by the departures of Moore, Spooner and Stafford, and we have $2.8m to spend. Let's say DeBrusk, JFK and Cehlarik step up - that's an extra $1.6m outgoing, as JFK is already included in the hit. So we're left with $1.2m to spare, with the following lineup:
Marchand-Bergeron-Backes
Cehlarik-Krejci-Pastrnak
DeBrusk-JFK-Nash
Vatrano-Kuraly-Acciari
Hayes
Chara-McAvoy
Krug-Carlo
Killer-McQuaid
O'Gara
Rask
Khudobin
After looking at it like this, I don't see how Oshie or Landeskog for prospects could become a reality. If Beleskey is picked up by Vegas then we could be have around $4m in space (after adding Colin Miller back in) , but even then it's not enough. The £2.1m we're paying Seidenberg next year is rough.
I think that the only way we're seeing wholesale changes is if a big-time player leaves. Or if Pasta takes a bridge contract, which seems unlikely. We're gonna have to rely on the youngsters.
