How do you afford increases for Dube, Valimaki, Kylington and Bennett the following offseason?

By overpaying Seattle to take Lucic or Gio presumably. Or after another year of mediocracy they finally accept they aren't as good as they think they are and finally trade Gaudreau and/or Monahan. We do love our nostalgia here in Alberta. The inability to be proactive and initiate change ahead of the curve before taking a huge loss is a concept we collectively refuse to acknowledge as a possibility.

We have Cozens, we don't need a 3rd line center. I'll give you Hutton for Ryan