No, but if you spend the 11mil in cap space for a goalie, then yes. If you sign Hill to 4mil, you will still have 8 mil so you can sign GOSTISBEHERE to a 6.5 mil deal

OR CBJ can try to trade for AM34 and not have to worry TOO much about Cap

No. You'd need massive seasons from the young guys and it's probably not likely Bedard, Jiricek and Sillinger go bonkers next year (maybe Bedard). Possibly Johnson, Boqvist and Peeke take that leap but I'd say another year at least for this roster.

If Bedard, Sillinger, jiricek, Johnson, Tarasov, Marchenko all reach their potential at the same time then sure you can make the playoffs. This is an awesome core for the future but right now they're still not a playoff team.

Would need a lot of things to go right, would especially need a big bounce back season from Elvis for the Jackets to make the playoffs, health will be a big factor like it is for all teams.

We are about 2 years out...the pieces are coming together but just not yet. This team needs to cook a bit longer and get the younger D prospects like Mateychuk time to acclimate