How to make the cap work somehow

No way Nashville does that

Why would they trade someone with as awesome a name as Gunnarwolfe Fontaine?

Its tight but its actually not as bad as people make it out to be. Thankfully we got Brandon Pridham the guy who made the cap and its rules on our team.

Next year they got slightly over 7.2 mill now that said they need to sign 5 players to get to the minimum needed

Now who would those 5 players need to be

Well if we look at the team next year (? are empty spots)

We got

Bunting-Matthews-Nylander
Kerfoot-Tavares-Marner
Ritchie-Kampf- ?
Simmonds-?-?

Rielly-Brodie
Muzzin-Holl
?-Dermott

Mrazek
?

Sandin, Campbell, Kase will be filling in 3 of those which leaves the 4c and 4RW open.

Based on projections and reports got a feeling Kerfoot will be moved his 3.5mill will be added to our 7.2mill giving us 10.7mill to spend

K so now for extensions

Using comparable rn I see the following

Campbell signs 4.5mill x 3 years (Bernier 4.25mill x 2 years and Freddie 4.5x2 years used)
Sandin 1.55 mill x 2 years (Vallimaki deal)
Kase still early but I got a feeling 1.45mill x 3 yrs (Tolvanen deal) --> now theres always the chance he just does not get a QA due to either not performing well or getting hurt

And the remaining 3 spots will be filled in by Anderson (750k) probs Amadio (750k) and maybe even Ho-Sang (750k)

Now as for who replaces Kerfoot got to wait and see as its still super early for that.