This is okay, but I doubt we let Morrow walk for nothing. He was good in the playoffs. Also K. Miller mans the right side and C Miller is on the left. Kevan started left, but the coaches were just letting Collin get acclimated to the NHL before they put him on the side he'd play at if he was paired with Kevan long term. I'd rather have a pair of Carlo / Krug and Chara / McAvoy so we get a mix of offensive and defensive skills. All in all good job, I gave you a 4.

The Rangers have far too little cap space to take Hayes even for free. That's also too much for Pasta; you could shave 750k off that to make it 5.5 mil a year, which would still be very fair. Rest of the team looks fine; creative use of Spooner's rights as well.

Not sure you know what you're talking about. Why would Pasta sign for 8 years if the pay is under 6M? Doesn't make sense.

I actually didn't see the 8; I passed over it assuming it was a 6-year contract, as seems to be the standard for guys like Pasta. Still, if they give him that contract, the cap headaches will get even worse as we struggle to find competent defensemen.

Right, but my point is that if you want him for 8 years you have to pay extra for those UFA years. That's why his cap is higher than you'd like. It makes sense to me. Our Cap problems are gone in 4 years dropping 13 mil from Backes and Krejci. As long as we sign McAvoy and Carlo to bridge deals, we'll never be stuck with a headache situation. The contracts stagger so we'll be fine. Believe in Sweeny, he's done some dumb stuff, but he's done them in a genius way, for a genius reason.

Good stuff