Love Stamkos and Wilson but why sign them in two years? Stammer 35, Wilson 31 and with his brand of hockey likely trending down. Hellebuyck also 32 and for that money? That would be kind of a yikes. I think he wants to go to a winning team now that he is still an elite goalie, not one that might be good in 3 years. You really don't need Stamkos or Wilson cause guys like Rasmussen and Soderblom plus others likely have a bigger roll on the team.

I decided to make some changes because I forgot DeBrincat seems likely to end up in DET.

I think Stamkos to age 38 at this cap hit is fine. Hellebuyck expires at 38 as well. I think that's fine. I kinda just settled on Roslovic as 2RW, but there's maybe a better option there. Like I said, I hate Yzerman's recent signings because he's tying up too much cap to mediocre when he could be making a better signing than Roslovic.

Alright, I've opted to drop Roslovic and put DeBrincat on his natural wing, moving Mazur up to 2LW. Is Soderblom or Rasmussen a better option there?

There are a few things on here that are probably not accurate. For one; the cap is projected to go up at least 10 million over the next two years. So we're talking 94 million not 87. Second; I seriously doubt that Yzerman is going to tie up 17 million dollars for two 32+ year olds. Especially after preaching patience and building the core through the draft. Also, Moose will make more and unless Raymond's season is just insane; he's likely signing a 3 or 4 year bridge.

Is that accurate on the cap? I've used this as a general for 25-26 ACGMs based on not much.

I guess you could pass on Stamkos but Hellebuyck seems like a good fit. He still has 7+ years left in him and is a hometown kid. Do you have more optimism in Cossa than I do? What's your solution in net there?

Yeah i saw that figure in an article on daily faceoff. If Hellebuck wants to come home he won't get that term or dollar amount. Steve does not like to give term to anyone. He has repeated this quite a bit in press conferences. And he also talked about not committing high dollars to anyone older than Larkin. To answer your other question; I'm cautiously optimistic after Cossa had a great second half in the ECHL. And if he doesn't work out we have Augustine who I like a lot. Also there's always free agency, lol.

I think Husso is a better goalie than his numbers showed last year. Don't know if he is a long term option but he is a starter. I'm not sold on Cossa and I hated the trade at the time. I thought Wallstedt was better and protected better. Cossa had a really really good Edmonton team in front of him but he did show some brilliance. I was really high on Lyssel, Johnston and Ceulmans at the time and seeing Dallas take Johnston with the pick that was ours and seeing how good he's been doing so far really bugs me. So I'm really hoping Cossa can get to a good starter level or I'm going to consider that a bad move by Yzerman.