Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandman
They still have to jettison another contract or two, right?
|
If I am reading this right, the Stars had $48,334 in cap space after the Duchene signing. Moving out Marchment frees up $4.5M but also creates a hole in the roster. So they have 8 forwards, 7 D, and 2 G under contract.
Outstanding is 2 RFAs (Bourque and Lundkvist), which would get them to 9 forwards and 8 D and they would still need to sign 4 forwards to get to a full roster with 1 extra forward (2 extra D).
No way you can sign 6 players with only $4.5M. League minimum is $775k. Also, good luck signing your RFAs to league minimum:
- Lundkvist was $1.25M last season and likely expects a small raise.
- Bourque was on his ELC and probably expects the same as Steel ($2.1M) which is fair considering their production is comparable.
The steps they are likely considering:
- Moving out Dumba and Lyubushkin frees up another $7M, which gets them to $11.5M in space but then you need to add at least 1 more D back for depth.
- If you allocate $2M to each RFA then there is still $7.5M to fill the 5 remaining spots (4F, 1D)
- If 4 of the signed players are league minimum ($3.1M in total) then you have about $4.4M to try to keep Granlund, his last contract was $5M.
- If either RFA gets an offer sheet, you probably let him walk and try to find another league minimum option.
The Stars are going to be so very interesting to watch this summer.