I'd change one thing only, not sign Muzzin and sign Gudas or Vatanen instead.

Vatanen > Gudas


Vatanen @ 4 million 4 years
Gudas @ 3.5 million 3 years.

Yeah, but no. Muzzin is many times better than both, and is holl's counterpart on the shutdown pair.

Gudas sucks. If you can get Muzzin for 3 years it's a really good way to stabilize the defence. Even if he starts falling off by year 3, he can be a good bet killing penalties on the 3rd pair. Helping the young guys and stuff.

Vatanen will get much more than 4M

If there are no decent options through trade or ufa on rhd then I don’t mind this. But I think a top pair rhd should be the top of the list.

Some of speculated that other D man will get the money and leaving Vatanen to settle.

So your idea of improvement is, Let's let all the UFA contacts go. Now lets take all that cap space, Give all the RFA's a raise, and see whats left over. Ok re sign mussin. and get a new back up goalie? And still have no cap space! Wow, So i have this years team minus the vets and some marlies players with a new b/u goalie! Bravo!!!!!!!!!