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Originally Posted by bucksmasher
St. Louis has $24.5 million cap space? Why would they have trouble re-signing Shattenkirk etc?
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Like half the teams in the league, the Blues have an internal budget cap that is far lower than the league cap.
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Originally Posted by Mattman
I think a someone Feaster could target is Teddy Purcell. 28 years old 6 foot 3 right winger. He's gritty but also produces. He's been improving over the last three years.
He has 51 to 65 and if last year had been a full year he could have gotten 70+ points.
At 4,500,000 for the next three years he could come cheap for the Flames
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Highly unlikely the Lightning trade Purcell. Why would they move one of their best wingers, just entering his prime and on a decent contract? They'll move Malone first. In fact, I see Malone as a far more likely player to end up with the Flames, as he'll cost pretty much nothing except the cap hit.
The cap crunch is going to put pressure on a lot of teams. But they're not going to move core, young guys. They'll give away older, overpaid players.