Quoting: Dekes
Reinhart has took over 300 draws in the last 3 seasons.
Also florida has cap but not enough to bring back Reinhart/ montour and Lundell.
I doubt anyone takes knight until he shows flashes of his potential again. Bobrovsky is an unmoveable contract.
Moving Ekblad wouldn’t be smart.
If they sign all 3 ( Reinhart 9-9.5, Montour 6.5-7.5, Lundell 3-3.5) they have about 4 mill to fill 2 dman spots a whole 4th line and 1 3rd liner.
Even assuming sourdif and mackie make the roster on their ELC’s that would still leave them with having to fill 4 spots at less then nhl minimum
300 faceoffs is nothing. They are also not what defines a center. He's a right handed shot and Barkov has constant injury issues. He's about as much of a center as Nylander is.
As for cap space. I'm more than willing to bet he would take a discount to stay in Florida. 9.25M x 7 years is 67.75M, Florida would only have to offer 8.1M to top that (which they will almost certainly offer at least 8.5x8). On top of that, Reinhart knows what it's like to play in an unsuccessful environment and is in one where he is having immense success, why would he risk losing that again?
You doubt anyone would take a chance on Knight? Maybe not a cup contender but it's only a 2 year commitment at 4.5M. For the potential of being a bonafide starter I'm more than willing to bet a team with lots of cap space would take a shot on him. Bob is more moveable than you make him out to be too, especially since his NTC drops down to a 16 team partial this summer.
I doubt Lundell makes more than 3M this summer, he has not had nearly strong enough sophomore and junior seasons to justify much more than a 2.5M bridge. I think they are way more likely to let Montour walk than Reinhart right now