we miss leo k
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Holtz & 2OA for DeBrincat makes the Devils a better offensive team, sure, but it puts you in a terrible place in summer 2023. You start out on July 1st with $38.8M(okay, not bad) and the following players signed for 2023-24:
C Jack Hughes
C Nico Hischier
RW Jesper Bratt
LW Mattias Janmark
C Dawson Mercer
RW Nolan Foote
D Dougie Hamilton
G John Gibson
Cat probably gets $8Mish on his new deal; Yegor Sharangovich can push for $4M if he puts up similar numbers to this year next season; Jonas Siegenthaler is the most underpaid LD in the league right now and probably jumps to $4-5M next summer on a bridge deal (more if you want him longterm), and after that you'll still need 9 more players just to ice a full team. Not to mention Dawson Mercer needing an RFA raise the next summer.
I think they either use #2 on their own team and keep another Top 9 forward on an ELC for a couple years, or if they move it they're going to move it for some sort of major upgrade in goal. This team's offense looks like it's in a very good spot and just needs to figure out how to keep the puck out of the net more often to start putting together a playoff run.