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Originally Posted by Vinny01
The article discusses the Blues sign and trading him so he can get the 8th year to bring the AAV down.
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That’s not what he says at any point though.
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The tricky part is the sequence of events. Obviously, if a team is trading for Pietrangelo’s rights it must be at least a few days ahead of Oct. 9 to make it all work. Once free agency opens on Oct. 9, no team can give Pietrangelo eight years, not even St. Louis. He has to be signed by the end of Oct. 8 to an eight-year deal.
And any team thinking of trading for his rights will want to know if they’re even in the same ballpark contract-wise with Pietrangelo’s camp before making that deal. Which would require the Blues allowing that team to have that discussion with Newport Sports.
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