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You don't think replacing Savard (4D), Dvorak (3C), Armia (3W) and acquiring an actually serviceable 2C will cost almost all of that 20m cap space? You can forget the "luxury" upgrade of getting a 2D (or upgrading on Matheson)...I, like most outside of Montreal, don't think Montreal will be improved enough to not struggle for 8th place in the conference. In part because the competition will get better and Montreal can't rely on the luck they've had health-wise and in tight games.
The bigger issue though is that Montreal will have around 20 mil in cap flexibility this offseason, with no real significant contracts to sign and a mostly full roster. They currently have almost 50 mil in cap space for the offseason after with half a roster signed. The season after that Anderson is a UFA. How on earth is saving 2 mil a season anything close to a priority? At best it would need to be 3rd or 4th on the list, and that's assuming Montreal spends like crazy on multiple players.
My point with Anderson is that he's had a good year and Hughes messed up not selling him before so he should sell him as soon as he can and get rid of this inconsistent and unreliable player. If we didn't also have Gallagher I'd be less pressed to cut him loose but we can't have 12m of cap space wasted on 5m of output.