2018 - 2019 Lineup
I know it's way too soon, but the 2018-2019 line up is going to be challenging CAP-wise. I know a lot can happen, but the team is at $64 mil this year. I figure Jack gets $10 mil and Sam gets retiring Georges money (3.9mil). That leaves them at $74 million (if the team signs all others at their 2018 levels, including Kane). If Beaulieu gets $1.5 and Girgs get $1mil this year and next, you can see it gets tight. The places to get relief are buyouts of Moulson, Pominville, and Bogo. Also goa
There is no line quite like 10-28-22 in terms of its ability to be leveraged as a tool by the coach. This is not to say that it's our best line, or that it's going to score a lot of goals. But putting our best two shot suppressors on the entire team together, with Larry, who is also no slouch defensively and on faceoffs, does two things.
1.) It keeps defensive minutes out of the wrong hands. (Casey, Jack&Skinner, Rodrigues, Pominville, THOMPSON)
2.) It minimizes these guys' severe
