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    Hey All,

    With the year now at an end, and a lot of talk turning towards the off-season / next season... One conversation point is contracts for UFA's, etc. (How does Colorado resign EVERY UFA they have, etc.).

    Colorado proved that you do not need a top 25 paid player on your roster in order to win the cup (though MacKinnon will be when he extends).

    Anyway... I'm curious to know which 'Core-5' people would want to build a team around. (Core-5 being top 3 forwards, 1 defense, 1 goalie).

    I picked the 8 I would be most interested in, just so I'm not listing all 32.

    Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay Lightning Flordia Panthers Edmonton Oilers
    Matthews $ 11,640,250.00 Kucherov $ 9,500,000.00 Barkov $ 10,000,000.00 McDavid $ 12,500,000.00
    Tavares $ 11,000,000.00 Point $ 9,500,000.00 Reinhart $ 6,500,000.00 Draisaitl $ 8,500,000.00
    Marner $ 10,903,000.00 Stamkos $ 8,500,000.00 Huberdeau $ 5,900,000.00 Hyman $ 5,500,000.00
    Rielly $ 7,500,000.00 Hedman $ 7,875,000.00 Ekblad $ 7,500,000.00 Nurse $ 9,250,000.00
    Campbell? $ 5,000,000.00 Vasilevskiy $ 9,500,000.00 Bob $ 10,000,000.00 Campbell? $ 5,000,000.00
    Cap Hit $ 46,043,250.00 Cap Hit $ 44,875,000.00 Cap Hit $ 39,900,000.00 Cap Hit $ 40,750,000.00
    (%) of Cap 56% (%) of Cap 54% (%) of Cap 48% (%) of Cap 49%
    Colorado Avalanche Nashville Predators Vegas Golden Knights New York Rangers
    Rantanen $ 9,250,000.00 Forsberg? $ 9,500,000.00 Eichel $ 10,000,000.00 Panarin $ 11,642,857.00
    Landeskog $ 7,000,000.00 Duchene $ 8,000,000.00 Stone $ 9,500,000.00 Zibanejad $ 8,500,000.00
    MacKinnon $ 6,300,000.00 Johansen $ 8,000,000.00 Pacioretty $ 7,000,000.00 Kreider $ 6,500,000.00
    Makar $ 9,000,000.00 Josi $ 9,059,000.00 Pietrangelo $ 8,800,000.00 Fox $ 9,500,000.00
    Campbell? $ 5,000,000.00 Saros $ 5,000,000.00 Lehner $ 5,000,000.00 Shesterkin $ 5,666,667.00
    Cap Hit $ 36,550,000.00 Cap Hit $ 39,559,000.00 Cap Hit $ 40,300,000.00 Cap Hit $ 41,809,524.00
    (%) of Cap 44% (%) of Cap 48% (%) of Cap 49% (%) of Cap 51%

    *Note, for teams that aren't 'FIRM' at Goalie, I put a blanket 'Campbell at $5 mil'... and also took a guess at Forsberg staying in Nashville.

    Thoughts?

    What team did I overlook?

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    Default Re: Which Core 5 Are you Building your team around? - 8 team Poll

    I'd still prefer a healthy core from TB over all of them. When you have the best goalie in hockey and one of the premiere Dmen, it's hard to bet against them. You should put a ? on every goalie except Vas (ok and maybe Shesty). Plus an engaged superstar in Kucherov makes TB still a high powered offense. I can still see them winning at least 2 more cups if the other Eastern teams stay the same. I would say the NYR are the biggest threat to them.
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    Default Re: Which Core 5 Are you Building your team around? - 8 team Poll

    Agreed it is Tampa for me by a small margin over Colorado for 2-3 years.
    They have a great top-3 forward. Amazing shutdown/all around D-man and the world beating goalie. Vasi is the only goalie I would pay over $8mil to right now.

    Colorado is a close second, elite forwards and most offensive D, and younger. The lack of goalie is the concern, however they just proved that you do not need elite (or above average) goaltending to win the cup
    As an Oiler fan seeing that Nurse on the list at $9.25 hurts. I do not hate the guy like some fans but he is nowhere near Hedman/Makar/Josi level and is $2mil more expensive then Ekblad.
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    2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
    G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
    C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
    LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
    RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
    D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
    G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
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