STANDING PAT EQUALS BUBBLE TEAM

CBJ went from very little centre depth to a great deal of centre depth.

Still too much cap space left over IMO. There will need to be additions.

The fact that Koivo is a healthy scratch says the centre problem is fixed, but they traded 2 reliable defenceman, and I expect them to land one of the bigshot FA"s left.

Yeah I wouldn't be too concerned. Adding an FA to bump a fwd out of the lineup down to the AHL adds another mil or so, so you really would have about 7 mil cap space. You can definitely sign Dadonov or Haula with that money, and potentially Hoffman if he thinks it is his best fit and signs a little cheaper (likely similar to the Nyquist contract). I guess the question is is Dubois a bridge or a long term deal. I think the bridge makes most sense, if you don't win with Jones and Werenski on their cheap deals, things may get tough.

That's gonna be for signing PLD and Gavrikov. Extremely doubtful that we sign Dadonov or Hoffman; I'd say Haula or Granlund make some sense, but I don't see us making any moves until there's some headway on PLD's deal. Word from within the team is that they're not gonna be using LTIR, so factor Dubi's salary into any ACGMs from here on out.