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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Putlock and Mayfield would be cheaper to acquire. Harley and Miro bring the O, why do they need Ras? Cap savings helps with signing Robertson and Harley
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The issue with the Stars is that at the end of the last playoff run it was deemed that their RD depth was weak and that weakness was exposed in the playoffs.
Pulock and Mayfield may be cheap to acquire... and if we completely ignore their Full NTC for a second, the question then becomes "does that solve the problem the Stars are trying to fix in acquiring a strong RD?". Mayfield definitely does not push the needle, but does Pulock?
Arguably, Pulock is better than Ceci but there is no way the Stars can get Pulock to fit into their cap structure right now. His cap hit is $6.15M and the Stars only have $1.955M in cap space to sign 2 players. Andersson is not only the better player than Pulock but his contract can actually fit with retention and a minor cap dump... but it's gonna cost!!
Vegas also only has $1.186M in cap space and needs to add 2 players to their roster (that is with Pietrangelo off the books).
You simply cannot add guys like Pulock, Josi, Karlsson, etc into these cap structures without moving out significant cap out.