Way overpay on nuge make it 5.5 to 6 then it's good.

So we don't upgrade defense or goaltending? Bouchard spends another year in the press box? Goodrow is a 4th liner @ $2.25mill. Besides adding Holloway into the lineup, the only upgrade here is Coleman. This would be a rather disappointing offseason

What I see happening is Nuge gets signed around $5.75 - 6.5m, Barrie is replaced by Bouchard and McLeod might even replace a bottom 6 signing like Goodrow. That's around $7mill saved right there that we can sign a 2nd pair LD with (or bring Klef back into the lineup). There may or may not be any money left after that, depends on whether Neal is dumped/bought out/retires/goes on LTIR. If so, we can bolster the bottom 6 or sign a starter

Zero chance you get a 3rd back in that cap dump. Might even need to add to the 1st because you’re sending 2 years of Neal. The last 2 cap dumps that costed 1st round picks were for around 6million in salary. You’re sending 11million in this trade even with that little bit of retention.

Generally, why do so many think RNH will take a downgrade from $6 per?
Columbus would pay $8+ per.
$7.5 per is compromise, both sides..-~