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Originally Posted by GS Skier
Anyone else scrtaching their heads over what the heck New Jersey is up too? They are the only team with under 21 players signed, they have just 17 contracts out of 23 and just 9 forwards.
Yet they are last in spending and sitting on 14 million plus. I get they may be a budget team but its getting a bit late to go to camp with 9 forwards? 1 unsinged RFA and some good junior prospects but shouldn't they have at least a ton of PTOs by now?
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I would guess that their strategy is to give their top three AHL players a spot, and also bring up Ty Smith on defense. That brings them to 21 contracts. They still need at least two vet depth players, and their 'taxi squad' is virtually non-existent. It's possible that they are hoping to snipe a couple of players off of waivers to build the taxi squad, because they can protect them from being claimed in the same way by another team.
Next year Jersey clears even more cap space, so that's the year they go big game hunting.