How do you expect to pay Pettersson then?

you have lost your mind

NOPE!

Myers/Pearson/Dickinson all coming off the books. Petey maybe gets a $2 million raise not a big deal to fit it

This is far preferable to selling low on him and getting basically nothing or letting him walk. He has probably 5 -6 more years of being a solid 1st line contributor

This is a good outcome

No its not and thank god you are a couch GM

It’s okay that you’re wrong. You’re allowed to completely misunderstand what goes into building a competitive team

I agree 100%. It makes 0 sense to me that you'd extend Brock for 6M, but not be willing to go to 8.5 for a much better player in Miller. I get it that there was probably very little return you could get for Brock as an RFA, but, by signing him, you have to pay the opportunity cost by losing Miller.

People should keep in mind that the cap will eventually go up as well. 8.5M on Miller will be a good value over at least the first 5 years of the deal.