Quoting: arafay
You know between, zaitsev, kadri and kapanen that is over 12 million in freed cap space. With the 8 million already available that should be enough to sign Johnnson, meaner, and get a rd
Yes that would be 12 mill if kapanen was signed, as it stands it's only kadri and zaitsevs hit you are losing, and hortons LTIR...
as I see it marner makes at least 11mill because hes outscored Matthew's 2 out of the last 3 years, even if marner takes a bridge deal dubas screwed up by only buying out 1 year of Matthew's ufa which means as an rfa hes still making 9-11 mill per year...
Trading zaitsev is not a guarantee, he brings little to no value, at a big cap hit. Kadri would be an easy move but you still have to sign Johnson for 4 millish, get a defenseman and backup goalie