i agree, but i, or anyone, is saying we need to gut the team. My point is either Ryan or Perron are proven 20+gl scorers at the NHL level and one of them would have been a great addition to this offense. As a win now team we need to have more "sure things" on the top 2 lines.
You can't win now when you bring in 20 goal scorers for 4 to 5 million and you have no money left for your franchise goalie who then gives you the finger.
Perron has scored 31gls in his latest 105 gms, so that's a 25gl pace over a 82gm season. He can probably get you 25-30gls playing in the 2nd line with Richards/Cally and only costs $3.8M. Plus its not like we would have taken the $3.8M hit because the players going back would provide cap relief. Heck, you get rid of Boyle at $1.7M and you've already covered almost 50% of Perron's cap hit. He is only 25yo so his best years are potentially ahead of him (assuming health). Henrik is already a $6.9M/yr cap hit so the incremental hit will be no more than $1-$1.5M/yr and with the cap going up next year we could easily fit another $4-5M forward on this roster.
