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Originally Posted by 1899b
What should the new GM do with no cap space and no NHL caliber assets to trade? Chia traded away NHL caliber players and didn’t get NHL caliber players in return.
You can’t go grocery shopping with no money.
The new GM will have a challenge of a lifetime in front of him. Will
be interesting.
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I think his hands are practically tied for the next two years. For 19/20 they have a $6.5M projected cap space but by 20/21 Pouliots and Gryba's buyouts are both off the books and so are Talbot, Manning, Petrovic, Brodziak, Kassian, and Spooner and the projected cap space is $22M. And the year following the projected cap space is $44M. The new guy will need at least 2 to 3 years with next year being a complete right off IMO. I'd essentially trade away anything and everything that doesn't fit in with being competitive in 3 years and, as futile as it likely will be, try to get Panarin and Karlsson, a winger and a Dman that are good and fit the age bracket.