so is this really the plan

At least one of heinola or Samberg make it imo

I think both Samberg and Heinola will be given the chance to become the 2nd and 3rd line LD...If they don't, then yes. Once the season starts and the cap space from Little's LTIR starts counting, we can trade for an est. Dman at TDL.

This is my theory on Chevy's moves.

That’s the issue with LTIR, it’s not free cap space. If we dip into LTIR, we won’t be able to accrue cap space for the deadline.

Its technically free cap space but only once the season starts...we can't use it unless we have enough players to do a "paper transaction" of waiving them/sending them to the AHL to hit the cap max

This could be the plan.

I think Roslovic and Niku get traded for a top 4 Dman that can play the left side (i.e. Weegar, can Risto play the left side?etc.) and Samberg starts the year on the 3rd pair. Heinola stays in Europe because there won't be AHL.

Beaulieu and Forbert are your depth guys and there in case we can't swing a trade. Sbisa goes to the minors and can be an emergency recall with an $800K salary.

If we don't pull off a trade and Samberg/Heinola aren't ready this could be the plan.