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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I don't have a problem with "rebuilding" so to speak.
I have a problem with this management's definition of rebuilding, which is loading up on over-30 3rd/4th line/3rd pair players on 3+year contracts until there is no cap space to ever have the flexibility whatsoever to make a "Marian Hossa to Chicago", "Mike Richards to L.A.", "Jason Spezza to Dallas" type impact-trade/signing when the rebuild is deemed to be in its final stages. Since the "rebuild started" and Burke was brought in to be POHO, we've brought in Smid, Engelland, Bollig, Raymond, Brouwer, and we even extended Stajan. The Smid acquisition did not even resemble a Jay Feaster move, probably because it wasn't.
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Three of those six contracts are off the books this summer, two more next year. Including Wideman that's 11.95 coming off the books this year and 6.35 between the Raymond cap hit, Stajan and Bouma's contract next year.. for a total of 18.35 million still to play with.
Cap hits for Backlund, goalies, Bennett and Tkachuk need to be taken into consideration but that's exactly the type of cap room to do what you suggested.