I think the filling with vets is just bridging the gap to the kids filtering into the lineup. I don't think it's a coincidence that so many contracts expire in the next few years and we are looking at having our biggest influx of prospects in that time. Or that Yzerman was apparently unwilling to add a dman with significant term over the summer, instead looking to add Trouba whose deal would also come up in a couple of years.
For all of the concern over us being capped out...yeah. Because our adds aren't going to be a big name free agent, it's going to be Edvinsson. Then Kaspar. Danielson. Mazur. Nygaard. etc. We'll use trades and free agency to then fill in around the kids that work. I'm expecting it to be slow, painful, and frustrating but hopefully rewarding.
