Don't know much about the NHL cap, but honest question, how feasible is both Elias Lindholm and Martin Nečas?
According to CapFriendly, Nečas is a RFA, so I assume discussion for acquiring him is his rights for Ullmark.
Say he signs a 6-year/$42MM deal ($7MM AAV). Lindholm a 8-year/$72MM ($9MM AAV).
Also according to CapFriendly, we have $20.9MM available, and the embedded Tweet above in this thread says $22.5MM.
Could you do something like:
Marchand-Lindholm-Frederic
Zacha-Nečas-Pastrňák
Geekie-Poitras-Coyle
Heinen/Lauko-Beecher-Brazeau
There's some versatility there, as Lindholm, Nečas, Zacha, Poitras, Coyle, & Geekie could all centre lines.
If we really wanted JvR back, I'm sure he might take the same deal as last year? 1-year/$1MM. He can be depth. OTOH, Heinen probably receives a raise. Then you still have kids in Merkulov & Lysell. Maybe even Brett Harrison later in 2024 or 2025???
Nečas & Lindholm could help inject some much needed offence into the team.
With the surprise emergence of Wotherspoon & Lohrei looking good in the playoffs, those are some cheaper contracts that could help 'swallow' the new larger contracts. DeBrusk is a casualty, but we get stronger in skill up the middle.
Your main D-corp can still be:
McAvoy
H. Lindholm
Carlo
Lohrei
Wotherspoon
Peeke
I lurk heavily in RMPS (and really everywhere), and you guys are a lot more knowledgeable than me with this, so I'll hang up and listen.