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I think this is pretty solid. My only changes would be :
1) Hathaway won't be back: as much as Lavi loves his veterans, MacLellan has actually been pretty good about not re-signing middle six types right before they fall off a cliff (beagle, chiasson, dsp) and I think Hath will be able to get more money elsewhere
2) In this scenario where you re-sign Brown and let Jensen walk, they use up most of that 6.5m on a defenseman. Severson, Sanheim, Dumba, Dunn, Klingberg, and Weegar are all as of now about to hit UFA, and I think they could really use another bona-fide top 4 guy to round out the d-corps and let TVR continue to dominate 3rd pair minutes. I could also see them re-signing Jensen for around 4x3, not re-signing Brown, and then going after a top 6 winger with that same 6.5m. Tarasenko, ROR, Pastrnak, and Patrick Kane lead the pack of upcoming UFA forwards but even if they don't go for one of those four there will be plenty of options and the ability to take on a cap dump for free a la Pacioretty.