LA is much closer to Dallas where Eriksson's family is living. Dustin Brown would probably like the prospect of playing for a possible playoff team for his last 3 years.
Maybe + Tryamkin's rights? There is no guarantee he will be playing for us after his contract is up...
We won't need to protect Hughes I think, He'll only have 2 full seasons under his belt. That said we will have to protect Juolevi (we should know if hes worth protecting by that stage probably).