Rejoint: avr. 2018
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Thank you for being smart enough to call up prospects (I haven't seen a lot of that on here), but I don't think you actually have to make all these moves. Send all but one young winger down because it's better for their development to play top line minutes in the AHL than to be scratched/on the 4th line in the NHL (Paquette did a good enough job to resign for that role), and it will save you about $2M in scratches. Benn is getting old, so I'd rather sign Rutta (who might even be cheaper).
If you do all that, you would have enough money to only have to move one $5-6M player. Although Callahan is the anchor contract, he only has one more year and they could get a pick instead of giving one away if they move someone like Gourde. He had a terrible back half of the year and Miller is a year younger and more versatile. I think one of the prospects will be ready to replace Gourde in the next few years anyway, so might as well get him out now while there is still value.
Let me know what you think!