Foppa2118
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Rantanen is a superstar. He is over 100 point per season player. No one trades them these days. We might need to trade Coltz or Sammy and resign Rants.
If they don't plan on starting the season with Gabe on LTIR, I think they may need to trade Girard or Manson.
That's why I think him starting on LTIR could be their plan. Buys them some time to figure things out.
If they plan on having a 22 man roster with a healthy scratched forward and defenseman (not including Val) they need to shed $3M somehow. $2M if they gamble on a 21 man roster.
Colton's NTC kicked in. Lehky seems unlikely because on top of being a huge loss, he's insurance for Val/Landy's two way/net front role. They just signed Wood for 6 years and he doesn't clear enough anyway with his replacement. Mikko's a possibility, but seems unlikely for the reasons you mentioned, unless they pull off a Brady Tkachuk trade.
That leaves Girard and Manson. Manson may be harder to replace because they don't have anyone like him, but they do have some puck movers, and added some more in UFA, in addition to Behrens and Malinski.
If they don't start with Gabe on LTIR, I could see them maybe trading Girard for a buy low $2M defenseman looking to establish himself, to get under the cap.