69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You haven't even gotten close to paying for the Karlsson retention of $4.6M for 4 years with that return. Then add in the value as a player for Karlsson at $6.9M and you're missing about 3 1st round pick value assets in this return. Cap retention doesn't come cheap nor does the Norris Trophy winner on what would then be a bargain contract. Easy no.

-Value is awful on the Karlsson trade. Personally I'm of the mindset that he's with the Sharks for at least another season or two, when it gets to the point where retaining 50% on his deal won't be so daunting. This is retaining 40%, and I don't think keeping that extra 10% off the table makes it that much less of an obligation that the deal needs to compensate for. On top of that, you're throwing a $5M anchor in Josh Bailey as part of the return going back. If we go by the Nikita Zaitsev cap dump from earlier this year, it'll cost a 2nd rounder to move Bailey's contract; that means that for 4x$4.6M in retention PLUS Erik Karlsson you've basically given the sharks next year's 1st, a competent 4th/5th LHD in Sebastian Aho, and a bottom-6 winger prospect. There's zero chance this would be the construction of a Karlsson deal.

Beyond that, you've built a 20 man roster with room for one healthy scratch - that's not gonna fly with a team this old. This year's team had 35 different skaters up for at least 1 game - so you're going to need a little more cap flexibility in order to give a banged up guy a night or two off.

Love your take it’s spot on and very insightful. Thanks