And you don’t have to watch only the teams close to the salary floor, like the San Jose Sharks, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Chicago Blackhawks.
“Take the St. Louis Blues: if they already intend to use long-term injured reserve with Torey Krug, acquiring Price doesn’t make a huge difference for them,” explains Levine.
“I’m not saying it would help them, but the difference would be quite negligible in the sense that you get a pick in return.
Same for the Vegas Golden Knights with Alex Pietrangelo on LTIR.”