yeah, that's an over payment for ekblad, he;s good but not that good.
also about 2x too much money for simmonds

That's 4 too many assets for ekblad.

Gauthier on the 3 C lol

Nylander + Lijljegren as a base seems fair.

It could be deemed as fair yes but would I rather have Nylander over ekblad... Yes. would I rather have ekblad and something else over marner.... Yes. We have to move out a larger contract than nylanders to be able to spread out the money more. There is minimal point in moving nylanders value contract for a contract that costs us more cap hit. Yes I understand ekblad fills a big need but we need to be smart about the money moving forward.