Sharks ain’t retaining that much

Ehhh, cap is gonna only go up from here. We get assets that will help us down the road and free a roster spot to play Merkley top4 mins. Burns also plays better without EK65 in the lineup

I'm not sure Middlebust could or should crack our lineup

SJ won't retain that much lol.

Merkley isnt ready for top 4 minutes.

I’d beg to differ. He’ll have this entire offseason to strengthen and work on his defense. His offense look good already and he’s done a great job of creating chances.

It's a great return for sure but losing 29 million dollars in cap space over 5 years would be pretty debilitating. Especially with Vlasic still on the books along with Jones' buyout and Couture who's contract will age poorly imo. Not against moving Karl but that much dead money is just hard to swallow. Plus I don't see him waiving for Buffalo.