They can get under the cap ceiling without putting the Two Ryans on LTIR right away if they can get Brink and Zamula signed cheaply. Also, Cam would be the 6th RW on the roster.
ROSTER SIZE SALARY CAP CAP HIT OVERAGES BONUSES CAP SPACE 22 $88,000,000 $87,929,761 $245,000 $3,300,000 $70,239
Left Wing Centre Right Wing Farabee, Joel
$5,000,000
Couturier, Sean
$7,750,000
Konecny, Travis
$5,500,000
Tippett, Owen
$6,200,000
Frost, Morgan
$2,100,000
Michkov, Matvei
$950,000 ($3,300,000)
Foerster, Tyson
$863,333
Laughton, Scott
$3,000,000
Brink, Bobby
$1,300,000
Cates, Noah
$2,625,000
Poehling, Ryan
$1,900,000
Hathaway, Garnet
$2,375,000
Deslauriers, Nicolas
$1,750,000
Left Defense Right Defense Goaltender York, Cam
$1,600,000
Sanheim, Travis
$6,250,000
Fedotov, Ivan
$3,275,000
Seeler, Nick
$2,700,000
Drysdale, Jamie
$2,300,000
Ersson, Samuel
$1,450,000
Zamula, Yegor
$1,000,000
Ristolainen, Rasmus
$5,100,000
Johnson, Erik
$1,000,000
Scratches Injured Reserve (IR) Long Term IR (LTIR) Johansen, Ryan
$4,000,000Ellis, Ryan
$6,250,000
Wasn't Foerster a center in the AHL? Wouldn't swapping Laughton and Foerster probably work out better?