So if the 4th for Hamonic went down do you picture RNH or Eberle heading out the door for a collection of pieces or is Chia willing to keep all 3 six million dollar forwards?
Well...
Let's look at this.
Say this deal's got legs.
And say, just for the sake of argument, the Pouliot+ for Vatanen deal also has legs, and Vatanen signs for somewhere in the neighborhood of $5 million.
And, just for funzies, let's say the Lucic and McGinn rumours also have legs - at $6 x 5 for Looch and 3x3 for McGinn.
Hall (6) Drai (.925) Maroon (1.5)
Lucic (6) McDavid (.925) Eberle (6)
McGinn (3) RNH(6) Kassian (1.5)
Hendricks (1.8) Letestu (1.8) Khaira (.875)
Lander (.950) Pakarinen (.850)
Klefbom (4.16) Vatanen (5)
Sekera (5.5) Hamonic (3.85)
Nurse (.863) Davidson (1.425)
Scrub (1)
Talbot (4.16)
Backup (1.5)
If my math is right, that lineup rings in at right around $67 million. We'd likely get kicked in the teeth by the bonus cushion but whatever.
Now, it's daydreaming that we dump Korpikoski and Fayne for mid picks at full pop. It's also daydreaming that all of this happens. We're also colossally screwed when raise time for Drai and McDavid rolls around.
BUT, if Chiarelli makes it a priority to keep the 6 million dollar men for the short term to increase their value at the cost of having a rather inexperienced and frankly fairly poor bottom 6, it CAN be done.
Edit: Forgot Maroon. I seemingly always do.
