Right, I think it's actually worse than that for them:
They have 7.2M in cap with Evan already taking their 6th D spot (@900k);
Projecting what the next contract will be for center Matty Beniers and the Seattle Kraken. Could a deal come soon?
soundofhockey.com
Basically comps him at Norris, Suzuki, Stuzle, etc. - all of it is going over 8M a year. Which is...north of their cap and they are still at 21/23 roster spots filled and 50/50 contracts in the org;
All of this points to the fact that have to flat out send someone out and the most likely candidates are either going to be very hard to move (Gourde, Tanev, Schwartz) due to ability and/or cost
The only real piece they have that makes sense and they will get return and relief from would be Larsson - who was already rumored to be on the move at the TDL; and who doesn't have an extension in place, and was kind of made less significant after they signed Montour...
He's a guy who they could trade, net back picks, and use the 4M to sign three 1M dollars depth guys to round out their roster for the year and get back to 23/23.