Be careful with all those signing, as you will have Nedeljkovic, Suter, Veleno, Erne, Bertuzzi and Larkin that you will have to sign the season after, if you choose to keep those players. I think Strome stays in New York anyway honestly. That’s a lot for Holtby, McNabb and Braun though!

That's too much for Laine.

Yeah we’re not giving up Berggren, Zadina, Ajo AND picks for Laine. That’s 2/3 likely roster players before the picks.

I’d rather continue to grow the team from the ground up like we’ve been doing.

You can have zadina and a 3rd for Laine. I know Laine is worth more and has proven he can score in the past. However, Laine is a struggling scorer that is due a 7.5 million qualifying offer this summer. Zadina is a struggling goal scorer, who is better defensively, who will probably sign his next deal at something similar to Rasmussen or around 1.5 million/yr. It's all a matter of how you look at things in a flat cap world.