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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
There are no more top 6 RW's left to sign to fill that spot at this point. Rodrigues and Kessel were the names rumored and both are off the board.
The PTO of Milano, and a signing of Ritchie signals to me that they weren't able to add another forward as they had hoped.
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I agree that this is likely the case, but then the outright signing of Ritchie is a strategic error as it eats cap space and fills a roster spot that could potentially be useful in a trade scenario.
If we can't fill that spot immediately but intend to still look (imo this is what has been indicated by recent musings in press conferences) then we should be saving up accumulated cap space for as long as possible to maximize our ability if a trade scenario does materialize.
Look at info coming out of Philly re: Couturier being out for part or all of the season. They could change plans here and maybe players will become available for trade...