Wheres Mittelstadt? I wouldnt give Gauds more money than Shotgun Jake, Toffoli could probly get better money on open market, and no return of both Stecher and Tanev?

Mittelstadt's on the list of non-roster players (where I found him on Buffalo's list) first up to get a call up or a bargaining chip at the deadline... Gaudette vs. Virtanen could be debated I don't disagree either way, I just defaulted to giving the center more money for some reason...

IMO the ship has more or less sailed on getting a return for Tanev unless he gets re-signed. With this scenario though there is still cap room to re-sign Tanev to a 3-4 year deal, just means one of the young guys has to wait for an injury to get called up. I wouldn't be against that.

As for Stecher, he is an RFA so I suppose I should've shown a trade of his rights at least... OR with the above scenario I wouldn't be against moving Benn for a late draft pick and then re-signing Stecher... or forgo the Boro signing all-together to keep Stecher.