Lenny7
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Depends on if they're healthy or not...I mean, just adding Stone (43 games missed) and Patches (45 games missed) and this is a different team...add guys like Martinez, a full season of a healthy Eichel, Lehner, Whitecloud, etc., and that's a much different team.
I like Chandler Stephenson, and he's had a heck of a year, but he's not a 1C, and that's where they've had him for a lot of the year. If they're healthy-This is a much different team.
Re: the trades-Vegas is going to have to pay to dump Dadonov, and I'm assuming if they were intent on moving Broissoit it might be a similar situation. That's a lot to play an average backup.
A healthy VGK team is dangerous. Will they ever be healthy again? That remains to be seen. I'm sure a lot of people will sleep on them next year though.
Edit: If memory serves correctly, more than half of the teams in the playoffs last year were technically over the cap. Tampa was just a bit eggregious about it, and Vegas handcuffed themselves with it this year.