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I have the 3 QO players at a combined $5.4m, Faber in the lineup, and a 21 man roster for next year. So that leaves $2.7m cap space and 2 roster spots to fill.
I think GMBG signs a UFA FWD for $1.25m or less in the first couple of days of free agency. So that is $1.5m in space and 1 roster spot to fill.
I have Rossi penciled in to make the team (he's setup for failure because he doesn't fit well anywhere in the lineup) and a different ELC eventually takes his spot. Either way it's $900k to fill the last FWD spot. So that is $600k in cap space left.
-Best case would be Gus for $3m and Duhaime and Addison for $900k each and that would open up an extra $600k. MN would have $1.2m in cap space and they run with a 22 man roster instead of 21.
-Worst case is Addison and Duhaime for $1.2m each and Gus for $3.6m and that costs an extra $600k. MN would be right at the cap and Addison is a PP specialist that bounces between wing and d-man as the team needs.
I really dislike the MarJo signing. Its too much, too long, and a full NTC. It should have been another $1.1m x 1 deal or at most a $1.2m x 2 deal. (I think Boldy should have been a bridge deal too, but that's another can of worms.) I think a Rossi/JEE/Boldy line would work, at the very least it's the best chance for Rossi to not be setup for failure.
I just see the FWDs as a strange dynamic.
-JEE and Kap are the 2 best FWDs on the team and are fine up and down the lineup.
-Zucc needs to be with Kap.
-Boldy can't be the best player on a line.
-MarJo has to be the 3rd FWD on a line.
-Rossi isn't good enough to be a 1C, and doesn't fit/work as a bottom-6 grinder.
-Freddy G, Foligno, Duhaime are bottom-6 FWDs, but not higher in the lineup.
-Dewar is a cheap 12/13 FWD.
-Hartman is the utility player that can play anywhere in the lineup, but Ideally he's a 4C/3RW.