Well you get credit for putting a team together under the cap without losing Matthews, Marner, or Nylander. The deals are close to what I expect them to actually get.

But that defence is paper thin. I don't know if Holl or Rosen will ever be NHL regulars, let alone both of them on the same pairing. And even the 2nd pairing is asking a lot from those 2. Liljegren, especially, hasn't looked up to speed yet. He'll likely be in the AHL all of next season. To then make a jump to a top 4 spot is a stretch.

You do have 25 man roster, so maybe scratching it down to 22/21 would open enough room to add a defender.