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Originally Posted by New Era
With Pastrnak on the books for $6M+ that guarantees Backlund is unsignable.
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I don't think it does. We have 6M cap space and Bennett unsigned. If we moved Bennett+ for Pastrnak and fit him in this year, next year Stajan and Raymond come of the books and that could be enough for Backlund's raise.
If our cap situation is as dire as you suggest, then should Bennett become a 6M player (after signing a one-year, for instance) then our cap structure would be broken anyways. The way I see it our cap is structured with a bit of dead space that is projected to go to a Bennett raise (so that he doesn't outgrow our cap room) but the effect is that Bennett's effectively blocking off more cap space than his current performance warrants. As such, someone who might be closer to his ceiling could be a better fit.