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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Do you think that Boston will be looking at Iginla as a Horton replacement?
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I think he could be looked at to fill that void yes.
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You do understand that the NHL has a salary cap and teams can't just go out and get whomever they want
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Understand that fine and also understand that you are vastly overrating the impact of that this summer.
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LA has 11.9 M to sign 4 forwards and 3 d-men and 1 goailie
Their RFA's that would be great offer sheet candidates at 3.3 M (2nd round pick as compensation) would be Voynov and Bernier. 6.6M
At 1.6 M (3rd round pick as compensation)... Clifford, Muzzin, Lewis and Martinez. 6.4M
That leaves them over the cap by 1.1M If Willie Mitchell decides not to play next year they gain 2.5M (3.5M from Mitchell's contract less the 1M they have to pay Ellerby or whoever as their 7th D-man.
So they have 1.4M to replace UFA's Penner and Richardson and RFA Nolan. Signing Regehr would point to Scuderi signing elsewhere.
Even if they go into the season with a 1M backup goalie instead of Bernier @ 3.3M that would leave them with 3.7 M for 2-3 forwards.
How again does Iginla fit in with LA?
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Clifford, Muzzin, Lewis, Martinez are all easy re-signs for them and not targets of offer sheets because they aren't worth it.
Bernier is an easy re-sign and trade.
A team of:
Williams-Kopitar-Brown
Iginla- Richards-Carter
King-Stoll-Lewis
Toffoli-Fraser-Clifford with Nolan as 13th
Voynov-Doughty
Regher-Muzzin
Greene-Martinez
Ellerby
Fits under the cap and is a fine team going forward.