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AR_Six · 04-01-2013, 08:41 PM

Actually I kind of hate this for the Blues... particularly if they miss the playoffs. The two prospects are basically a write-off, so I'm not terribly concerned one way or another there. But JayBo's cap hit may prevent them from retaining the services of Pietrangelo (not likely they let him go) or more likely, Kevin Shattenkirk, who is simply a better player than Bouwmeester. Notwithstanding their cap situation, how much can they really afford to put into their blue line? Pietrangelo is a 6+ million dollar player and I would expect Shattenkirk is about 5. That's over 17 million into 3 defensemen. And they give up a 1st for the privilege of being in that situation.

EDIT: And after checking Capgeek, hey, guess whether Chris Stewart is getting a pretty massive raise going RFA this year? I'm thinking so. Also, Berglund is going to want more than the 2.2 he's making now, dude's a 4M guy (though I expect he wiill get 3.something). The Blues are about to start paying a lot more money for the same team, it just baffles me that they think now is the time to take on a near-7 million dollar player.

The value of the return makes some sense to me. The team involved doesn't.

04-01-2013, 08:41 PM	#540
AR_Six Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Nov 2011 Exp:	Actually I kind of hate this for the Blues... particularly if they miss the playoffs. The two prospects are basically a write-off, so I'm not terribly concerned one way or another there. But JayBo's cap hit may prevent them from retaining the services of Pietrangelo (not likely they let him go) or more likely, Kevin Shattenkirk, who is simply a better player than Bouwmeester. Notwithstanding their cap situation, how much can they really afford to put into their blue line? Pietrangelo is a 6+ million dollar player and I would expect Shattenkirk is about 5. That's over 17 million into 3 defensemen. And they give up a 1st for the privilege of being in that situation. EDIT: And after checking Capgeek, hey, guess whether Chris Stewart is getting a pretty massive raise going RFA this year? I'm thinking so. Also, Berglund is going to want more than the 2.2 he's making now, dude's a 4M guy (though I expect he wiill get 3.something). The Blues are about to start paying a lot more money for the same team, it just baffles me that they think now is the time to take on a near-7 million dollar player. The value of the return makes some sense to me. The team involved doesn't. Last edited by AR_Six; 04-01-2013 at 08:46 PM.