Kings 25 if Byfield is extended long term

Not far off from what I think will happen, but some small nitpick stuff.

Kaliyev is gone for futures.

LA will definitely get a budget winger with experience with one of our centers: Blake Wheeler or Thomas Tatar have experience with PLD and Danault respectively. The 4th line will need someone like Lewis if they decide to go without Lizzotte.

Kylington is an offensive d-man, Clarke will need a true shutdown paired with him to succeed.

Overall I have a sneaking suspicion Byfield is bridge contracted, so Blake can get another top-6 winger in like Toffoli and some left over cash for a minor upgrade in goal.

Is Byfield's bridge gonna cost 2 mill because Toffoli wants the Killorn contract.

Byfield will take something like 4-5, Killorn is lucky he got his contract and helped Anaheim reach a cap floor. Toffoli is done being a journeyman, he needs a place where him and his wife like, LA will get a discount on his asking price but will need to sign him for 5 years and it's a team they know and location they are comfortable with. I think Toffoli would take $4Mx5 with a full NMC just to stop moving around.

If Toffoli was willing to sign for 4 mill AAV he would not have left NJD.

Again, it has been reported that he is seeking the Killorn contract. And he will likely get trade protections regardless, virtually every single UFA signing does, it’s not something he’ll need to sacrifice like 10 million dollars to get.

Byfield might get 4-5 on a 1 year deal.

Agreed about Kaliyev, but the cheap UFA winger in the bottom 6 will likely cost ~1M so I just left it since the numbers roughly cancel out. Would like to see them figure out how to utilize the Kaliyev/****emo type young players at some point..

D pairings can be changed around. Can put one of Gavy or Mikey with Clarke. Can try giving Spence someone with more mobility like Kylington. Someone that can actually keep up with the play. Getting tired of signing "shutdown" Dmen who are just synonymous with pylons, cuz Blake hasnt been able to ID a good one for a while.