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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The salary cap killed that team.
All those players needed new contracts once the CBA negotiations killed a season, he had no chance to afford all of them, and they all became RFA/UFA with him not having the opportunity to sign them in season.
It was a $39 million dollar cap and Bulin, Richards, St.Louis, Lecavilier and Boyle were all looking for $5-7 million dollars.
He really didn't have a choice but to let some of them walk since he couldn't spend $30+ million dollars on 5 players.
The fate that Feaster ran into in Tampa was a similar fate to what Dale Tallon/Stan Bowman ran into Chicago but with a $39 million dollar cap instead of a $65 Million dollar cap.
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couldn't he have traded some of these guys tho?
I think Tallon was already gone by the time Chicago started dismantling...at least that is my recollection...