Tampa's core wasnt enough to win a round for a couple of years now. Let's see:
Vasi ? Saros
Kucherov >> Forsberg
Point >> ROR
Stamkos
Hagel = Marchessault
Hedman =< Josi
Cirelli = Novak
Serga >= Skjei
Černak > Carrier
Duclair/Killorn ? Nyquist
Yeah I'm not sold but I guess it's better than to do nothing if they're keeping their big3 Saros, Josi, Forsberg. They can actually be good if guys like Pärssinen, Kemell, Tomasino, Evangelista, L'Heureux, Svechkov, Wood can make some real noise and they reach elite froward depth with ELC contracts.
Too bad that they have 12m$ in retentions/ buyouts. Duchene buyout looks really dumb right now(I thought so immediately when he was bought out tbh).
He'd have 2 years left 8m/season. Now he's 60-80 pt player and for the next 2 yrs he's taking 5,55m and 6,55m from Nashville's cap, and AFTER THAT; 1,6m for the next 3 years. Basically they'd have 60-80 pt player and lose zero cap space if they had kept him.