Drop Baun and sign Panik for like $1,000,000
Drop Fournier and resign Campbell for around $1-1.5 mil
Don't sign McClement
Pokka won't get $925,000 with ZERO NHL games played. Or even 20 for that matter.
Hawks would want a 2017 pick or a bonafied bottom 6 forward in return for TvR.
Quoting: palhal
And Kruger over 3m for 3rd/4th line centre, doubt if this is very attractive to Vegas.
As far as Kruger being taken in expansion, I can easily see it happen. Kruger's deal is really not as bad as everyone exaggerates it to be. He is the #1 PK player on almost any NHL team. He takes nearly 80% of his draws in the defensive zone yet almost always posts 50% in corsi and even higher Fenwick. He is also capable of putting up 20+ points if his zones starts are leveled off by only 10% more. An expansion team would be silly to pass over Kruger if he was available.
I have always been opposed to letting Kruger go in expansion but it may be the best thing for the Hawks. If Panarin takes a deal around 5-5.5 then maybe Kruger is protected in the draft, but if Panarin gets more than 6 (God I hope not) then Kruger is unprotected.