Quoting: ColonelX
No way Domi gets 8m$ after this sub50 points season.
Juulsen is getting nowhere close to 5m$ after playing 44 games in 3 years (Getting a huge 8 points in that span)
Pretty sure Danault takes a hometown discount but that's just a feeling
Kotkaniemi at 6m$ playing 3C and racking up .35 pts/game?
Kinkaid isn't resigned (For fu*k sake he just went unclaimed on waivers why would we resign him?!
Weal and Folin are being replaced by rookies on ELCs.
Alzner is at least being burried if not bought back or traded.
Evans hasn't played a game in the league yet but you think he'll get 2m$?
After my maths your ''25m$ problem'' is in fact a -give or take -5m$ issue and that's not taking into account that Tatar and Petry won't be getting these paychecks (At least not here) and Lehkonen (if he keeps being defensively sound but can bury it in the offensive zone) is not getting 4m$ per year.
Surprisingly you're taking Evans, Juulsen and Teasdale in the line up but Romanov, Caufield, Brooks and maybe Ylonen/Norlinder are being forgotten... Why?
I just used the guys with NHL experience + Teasdale was sitting at the bottom ... no point in signing guys with no GP and guessing their value in 2021.
Obviously some of the prospects will replace the vets though.
If you want to sign Domi for 5-8 years than it will probably cost close to $8,000,000 (72 + 50 point seasons while playing center costs that kind of money these days).
Skinner got $9,500,000 with a career high of 63 points ... while averaging 50 points over the past 5 seasons.
Hayes got $7,150,000 with a total of one 50 point season in 6 years (53 point career high / low 40's career average).
You're right about Juulsen ... but he could take a 1 year bridge deal and then play lights out next year.
Katkaniemi could also break out next year ... a lot of these contracts based on the assumption people continue improving next year.
If some of these young guys aren't earning contracts above $1,000,000 - 3,000,000 than the team will have bigger problems than the cap.
Anyone who strung together two 40+ points seasons was getting around $4,000,000 / year this summer.