This is gonna be a long rebuild if the sens don’t Trade karlsson

Oh baby, you know it.

I really like what you did here! I like the numbers, and the path going forward. The Burrows deal is creative, another possible scenario might be, if he is sent to the minors for the rest of this year, perhaps next season he is convinced to retire in exchange for a job in the organization (not sure of cap hit in such a situation). Everyone talks about how thin the organization is, so perhaps it is easier to convince Melnick to hire him as a scout or something if he ahs to pay him anyway.
With both Ryan and Goborik, another likely scenario is play out next season, hoping to get 80 man games out of the two combined, and then if Ryan has a decent year, we hopefully can deal the final three years of his contract, with around 1.25 million retained, and Gaborik bought out of the final 2 years of his deal when his salary drops and the cost is a little north of 4 million.
I like the Smith deal too, but I also think there will be options through free agency for a vertern Dman, if need be. These remaining games will be interesting to see if Harpur or Claesson can play as regular NHL Dmen. Good job on your team!