See usually, acquiring talent that makes your team better at a significantly excellent price actually helps with things like cap crunches.
Near as I can see you could load up and make a legit run this year, and then have Miller replace Strome next year which means you don't lose out on talent level, and the difference between Strome's cap this year and Miller's cap next year helps cover Zibanejad's raise.
Oh, my friend, if only that were true and it were that easy!
As I have explained prior,
Strome + Geo + Nemeth + Hajek + recovery of Hank 1.5 buyout = 11m+
which covers, with no additional wriggle room, the 11m+ add for Zib + Fox.
Miller thus CAN NOT be an upgrade substitute to Strome, who's only choices for NYR are be stupid and self rent or deal him for picks w'no cap hit.
The only way Miller can
otherwise come to NY is we do some kind of package which adds the only body we have which makes sense to move, with value, which does not have nmc/ntc: Lindgren, and in consideration of that, Miller comes at half.
But there is only 1 prob with THAT.
we likely need to deal Lindgren's 3 x 3 to create stopgap funding for Kakko + LaF + other contracts while we wait for Trouba's nmc to expire and in dealing we can recover most of his 8m, replacing him with Schneider.
If we include Lindgren to get Miller, we don't have his salary for this ^ use, which is another set of problems not worth it.
We could do this, but then have to flip Miller at 2.5 or whatev half is after the season. Too much, too crazy.
