Go big or go home

That's a great way to assure you won't compete another year

That's a lot of cap still for STL to take on.
Half the ROR retention, half the Tarasenko retention, then the Holl cap dump, then the Engvall cap dump.

Plus the 3rd rd pick might not be enough for a team to retain two separate contracts, given that retention slots per team are limited to 3

Go Home

That defense and goalie are still extremely questionable. Up front, could be best in the league but they D and G , to be brutally blunt, is barely playoff calibre

Team is built to win now, not in 5 years.