In our scenario above, even with Knies, Tavares and Pacioretty signed, and with Ryan Reaves sent to the minors, the team would have around $13 million to spend to fill four roster spots. If they could convince Brad Marchand to take $7.5 million or so for five years and sign one of their restricted free agents for around $900,000, there’d still have nearly $5 million to absorb contracts from other teams (more if David Kampf or Calle Jarnkrok are moved in those deals or others).