These are pretty big jumps! Gonna make the Kyrou and Thomas 8m deals look like steals!
The blues with Saad off the books and Krug potentially going back to LTIR will have a lot of money to play with. Hoping Big Dick Doug and Steener Weiner spend wisely.
Free agents are going to get PAID
Hopefully the Blues can stay a cap team with jumps this big.
Can’t wait for Armstrong to do absolutely nothing with it again! Remember how he complete gutted our cup winning team? Yep, habitual rebuilding years
Zero reason for us not to get the best player available (within reason)
I think the trick with this is not being the first team to set the market? Maybe? I think second movers advantage could be a thing here. Idk.
I think we use this to our advantage. Why should we go in swinging? Save cap room, then take 2+ salary dumps at the next deadline. I think the haul we can get from an Edmonton and a Colorado could be huge.
Hear me out: flip Cam Fowler half retained at deadline for better return, then sign younger Chychrun in the offseason to replace him
All I’m hearing is ticket prices are about to go up even more.
![[Friedman] Cap estimates for the next three seasons per the NHL/NHLPA. Current cap for 2024-25 is $88M.](https://www.rawchili.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/arbhtdt7zcge1-1170x1024.jpeg)
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These are pretty big jumps! Gonna make the Kyrou and Thomas 8m deals look like steals!
The blues with Saad off the books and Krug potentially going back to LTIR will have a lot of money to play with. Hoping Big Dick Doug and Steener Weiner spend wisely.
Free agents are going to get PAID
Hopefully the Blues can stay a cap team with jumps this big.
Can’t wait for Armstrong to do absolutely nothing with it again! Remember how he complete gutted our cup winning team? Yep, habitual rebuilding years
Zero reason for us not to get the best player available (within reason)
I think the trick with this is not being the first team to set the market? Maybe? I think second movers advantage could be a thing here. Idk.
I think we use this to our advantage. Why should we go in swinging? Save cap room, then take 2+ salary dumps at the next deadline. I think the haul we can get from an Edmonton and a Colorado could be huge.
Hear me out: flip Cam Fowler half retained at deadline for better return, then sign younger Chychrun in the offseason to replace him
All I’m hearing is ticket prices are about to go up even more.