Help me thin my defense corps
12 team league, 20 player active roster (12 F, 6 D, 2 G) with 2 reserves and 53 minors spots, plus 5 IR slots. Salary cap is 119.25 Million, and only active and reserve counts towards it. Daily moves, and anyone can sit in the minors, but if their salary is over $2 million they need to clear waivers. Categories are: G,A, Pts, SOG, PIM, Hit+Blk, W, SV%, GAA, Shutouts.
I took over this team this year pre-draft. I have 47 F, 20 D, and 9 G on the roster, and I am not really a contender. My roster is currently at 76, with Neuvirth on IR, so somebody has to go when he comes back, unless Murray goes on IR by then - I'm unlikely to meet minimum goalie starts most weeks.
My plan is to keep trying to acquire freely available players who may help me, so I want to free up some space to churn, and there's little interest in older defenders.
Here is my roster:
Potential cuts (Biega & Heed are cheao enough that they can freely move in & out of lineup):
Age Player
33 Phaneuf, Dion
32 Stralman, Anton
31 Martinez, Alec
28 Stone, Michael
30 Biega, Alex
27 Heed, Tim
Nobody below here is getting cut, but wanted to list the whole defense corps
32 Edler, Alexander
31 Letang, Kris
24 Lindholm, Hampus
24 Ceci, Cody
24 Lindell, Esa
24 McCabe, Jake
21 Provorov, Ivan
20 Bean, Jake
23 Borgman, Andreas
18 Bouchard, Evan
21 Dermott, Travis
20 Hronek, Filip
20 Lajoie, Maxime
21 Nielsen, Andrew
I'm leaning towards Biega & another one of the top group. Biega & Heed are cheap enough that if they get playing time, I can move them in & out of the lineup.
Any thoughts you have are greatly appreciated, whether it's on whom I should cut, or the number I am carrying, or takes on my young depth, whatever.
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