A month ago I was trying to figure out how they were going to sign all of Joshua, Hronek, Zadorov, Lindholm, Blueger, Lafferty, and DeSmith.
I actually don't see them re-signing Lafferty or Blueger this summer. Both have been great. But Podkolzin, Raty, Bains, Sasson, and Karlson are all making cases for bottom 6 roster spots next year. The least likely to make it is Karlson because of foot speed though he can clearly score at the AHL level and is decent defensively.
I just don't see them spending the extra $2M on Lafferty and Blueger when they have half a dozen players in the organization that are knocking on the door and, with internal competition, are not downgrades and may even be upgrades.
If Zadorov wants big money and term, they probably won't sign him.
Lindholm is all about what they can get by reallocating his cap space, if they even want to try to re-sign him.
DeSmith, he's good but that extra $1M may be better used elsewhere.
At the end of the day, they may only seek to re-sign Joshua and Hronek and I'd be OK with that. Gives a lot of flexibility to acquire a top 4 D and a top 6 winger.