Ellis will be on LTIR, so the team will have 7mil in cap space.

I'd only see walker playing than zamula or staal, and I dont see seeler. And Sanheim has been tried at RD, and isn;t good.

Couturier probably is on a veteran 1st line with Koneckny and atkinson, with cates at 3C with Laughton and foerster, and frost gets farabee and tippett.

These line are all over the place lol. Cam isn’t a 4th liner. Cates isn’t a 1st liner. Sanheim can’t play RD.

It would actually be a better idea not to put Ellis on LTIR if you don't have to. You can keep him on injured reserve so you can accumulate cap space over the season. The team isn't competing but it may help at the deadline with taking back bad contracts to get a better assets or help retain in a 3 way trade for more assets. You can always put Ellis on LTIR if you need to call someone up or if you need that cap space immediately for a pending trade.