Gonna play with 11 forwards?

Yeah. Just to allow Soderstrom to properly adapt to the NHL system without having to play heavy minutes right away. One of Goligoski or Hjalmarsson could be moved after 1/3 of the season

Too much money spent on the D and not enough on the F imo

upgrading the offense can also mean adding an offensive D-man which is what I did. Basically 5 mil out of the 6 Burns gets paid are for the offense

lol imagine if that 2021 1st becomes a lottery pick

Interesting strategy. I've seen teams go this route before, but only out of necessity due to injury or for a game or two if someone was being benched. Not sure I've ever seen someone use it as a 20+ game plan.

Forgot to add that in the explanation, the pick is lottery protected

Might as well pay it forward. Ottawa traded their 2019 1st to Colorado, which became a lottery pick. San Jose traded their 2020 1st to Ottawa, which is now a lottery pick. Might as well have Arizona trade their 2021 1st to San Jose. That obviously means that someone will trade Arizona their 2022 1st, which will inevitably become a lottery pick.