Quoting: Augustus
Nemec appears to be too good for that right now.. maybe Fitz can get him signed to an 8 year 7-ish per kind of deal that will look like a total steal in 2-3 years (after signing) ... he has 3 years on his current, I know this lol). Or will he be worth that already? Dahlin numbers?
Assuming Mercer at 6x8, Schmid+Mcleod at 3x5 each, Nemec+Luke at 8x8 each, Holtz at 4x5, Bahl at 2x3 and a cap of 95 mill in 26-27.
That leaves us with
Hughes-Mercer-Meier
Hischier-Bratt-Palat
Mcleod-Holtz-_______
______-_______-_______
Siegs-Hamilton
Hughes-Nemec
Bahl-Marino
Schmid
_______
Leaves us 6.3 mill to fill the remaining 6 slots: (22 man roster)
Cheap options:
Gritysuk on ELC: 900k
2 ELC/Minimum guys as scratches: 1.6 total
Daws as backup: 1 mill
Stillman as 4th line depth: 900k
Foote as 4th line depth: 900k
1 mill 4C, or more likely a 2 mill guy we buy with retention.
Then after that it opens up.
If nico takes a hometown discount (9 mill) and cap goes to 98, and Quinn comes home at 10 mill (optional)
It's
Hughes-Mercer-Holtz
Nico-Meier-Bratt
McLeod-____-____
_______-______-____
Hughes-Nemec
Hughes-Casey
Siegs-Hamilton
Schmid
_______
Bahl
____
And 8 mill to fill those slots again.
Hope to get cheap depth as much as possible, or move Dougie out and resign Marino for an extra 3 mill or so.