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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.
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Terrible drafting to bring in young guys to work with the big guns killed that team.
Sure the salary cap didn't help but it wasn't like TB was the only team dealing with the cap they just did an awful job of dealing with it and making decisions on what to do with their big guys while bringing in nobody of value to help out.