Nothing Drastic

Overpaid Kassian by a year and half a million. A lot of fans have a max of $3M/3y, my personal maximum is $3M/2y. I think there are better options to be had internally, via trade, or through free agency and would not be in any hurry to give Kassian a boatload of cash. Eakin probably makes a little bit less on his next deal too. I'd argue Nurse should make about $500k less too but be given the full 8-year term. Those savings combined give you enough wiggle room for when the Salary Cap only rises to $83M or some other dumb, low number.

Columbus fans will argue that such a package isn't enough for Anderson. I think they overrate him, but they also have little need for LHD at the moment. Value's close, but Blue Jackets fans won't be impressed.

Absolutely not enough for Puljujarvi. I can guarantee you Holland has received better offers and still balked on those. If that's all you value him at, don't trade him. Wait. Someone will pay. Benning's in a similar boat. His value's around a late 2nd Round Pick or early 3rd Round PIck. The Ducks will have mighty want for him and I believe he could be had for their 2020 3rd Round Pick and a depth player - a Kiefer Sherwood type - at the draft.

I don't like Howard as the backup and I would be strongly pursuing a Greiss or Halak in July.

The Khaira trade is pretty good. It'll be hard to justify the conditions on the pick, but it's in the ballpark of a good deal.

Thanks for the feedback! I figured Puljujarvi and Benning were worth more, I just didn't want people to rip me to shreds when I traded them for 2nds or prospects.

I would prefer greiss or halak too, I just thought maybe Ken Holland would get a guy he knows very well (howard).

And I hope you're right about Kassian, I think if he'll sign for 3 million then we'll probably keep him.

I disagree about Nurse though. I don't think he's worth 6.35, but I just have a feeling he's going to hold out for as much cash as he can get, and we'll end up paying him too much (6.5).

With those conditions on the Khaira trade that needs to be a 2021 pick.. Lol

I think BeterChiarelli's comment was pretty accurate except for the part about Benning, I doubt he gets anything more then a 3rd if he's traded but we'll see, just can't see a team giving a 2nd for him.