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Originally Posted by gvitaly
They definitely tried to spend money. Before Rantanen got to DAL there were rumors they were planning on giving him a very competitive offer. Not sure if they attempted to do anything similar with Marner, or one of the UFA D like Lindgren. That said there were pretty slim pickings this summer after FLA re-signed their guys, and DAL re-signed their guys.
The Flames were still rumored to be in on Byram, and Cozens before that. So there was definitely an appetite to spend money.
Even if you look at this offseason top UFAs:
Panarin, Tuch, Andersson, Matheson, Carlson, Schmaltz, Malkin, Roslovic, and Ovi.
There's 0 chance any of them sign here.
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I would not stress too much on them trying to spend money, they could not even top 1.5 million to get Roslovic, instead starting the season with Kirkland as a NHL center. Don’t think they tried too hard to compete this offseason.