Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
I bought out Suter like I said I above (his cap hit is clearly gone), and I placed Khudobin on LTIR to represent trading him like I said above. I never said anything about buying out Dobby but that can also work, just -833k.
How is it not a full roster? Because I only have 22 players signed but still have 1.4M cap space? Not like 22 players is an illegal roster or something, you posted a roster with 21 players
And best case on contracts? I signed 4 players:
1. Otter to the exact offersheet I am matching
2. Robertson to the exact same deal as Svechnikov, as well as within 200k of what Evolving Wild projects him to get
3. Studenic to exactly what EW projects for him
4. A back up goalie (again at what he is projected at by EW)
My SC of EWs projections Have Wedgewood at 2@2.045, JR at 6@7.856.
You also have a litany of depth at league minimum and a 22 man roster which is not normal (the Leafs tend to be the exception in that case, we also have significant space to fill it which was the point)
Regardless, all of this is literally a best case scenario for the Stars - that is exceptionally unlikely to happen. Proper budgeting for depth tends to run at its leanest around 3-5 million (hence why I budgeted that earlier). You have it literally at 2.25.
Look at how much fudging you have to do to make it work, and you're really trying to sit here and tell me that they're fine and 'easily match'? Come on man this is absurd. They would be in trouble and this clearly proves just how much trouble it is. I never said impossible, I said "really struggle" and this is the definition of that.
Hell I don't even think the Leafs depth ever got this cheap. We ran lean numbers wise, but aav wise we still kept it in normal ranges - not like this.