Unless you're buying out / terminating Kuzy, and assuming Backstrom formally retires....I do not see the Caps taking on any net added contracts. All sales will be for picks and completely expiring deals. I dont see GMBM wanting to be close to the 50 active contracts ceiling.

Janmark and Brown are on expiring contracts and obviously won't be brought back. We got some other guys here that will likely/possibly be traded that I didn't include here (Pacioretty, NAK, Edmundson, Lindgren). Defense is pretty jammed, so we don't have to be committed to Ceci or Alexeyev. I wouldn't be too worried about the contract limit