5.5 is a bit of an over pay for saad. That 3rd line is very expensive. That 4th line will get walked all over come playoff time and typically you want your bottom 6 to be able to kill penalties the only guy that kills penalties consistently is archibald. Your 3rd d pair would be a big liability as well

lol what are we gonna do with all the money if we don’t spend it on depth? palmieri, glendening, archi and nuge and kill pks. by paying the 3rd line so much we get 3 really solid lines. the 4th line may be week but it’s a upgrade from this year

Spend it on upgrading the top 6 left wings, use it on upgrading the d use it on upgrading the whole bottom 6. How do you figure that, that 4th line is any better a 1st year rookie a centre that’s only positive is winning faceoffs. You need a bottom 6 that you can trust to play against any line and not get run out of the build in the playoffs

luke glendening has played 600 nhl games