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Originally Posted by jayswin
New York, Long Island (Barclays for now), New Jersey, Los Angelas, Anaheim, San Jose, Chicago, Tampa, Miami will always have a ridiculous, almost insurmountable advantage for top tier free agents because of where they are or what they're near.
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Agreed, it's unlikely.
BUT... continuing with the speculation (this is all assuming he decides to leave the NYI). Of the teams you mentioned, there aren't many fits from a cap perspective.
LA - Kopitar @ 10.5M and Doughty @ ~10M in a year
Chicago - Toews & Kane @ 10.5M ea
Anaheim - Getzlaf & Perry @ 8.5M ea
Tampa - Stamkos & Hedman @ 8M ea. They could still fit Tavares if their ownership is willing to spend to 80M though.
Miami - they suck
SJ - I agree with this one, great fit
And like someone else said, St Louis is a great fit as well with Stastny's contract coming off the books this summer.
If he decides to leave NY, I don't think it's a stretch to say that Calgary could be in his top 5.