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You do realize that by buying out Krug you are tying a cap commitment for many more seasons and are essentially paying the same cap hit once you factor in the very odd signing of Vakimaki for next season right?
There are reasons to buy Krug out. But if your solution is re-signing Perunovich and signing Valimaki you are much better just keeping Krug and playing him as a 3rd pairing guy at even strength unless the situation calls for more offense.
He’s small yes, and it limits his defensive capabilities. But I see no reason to believe Valimaki is any better defensively, and he is much worse of a PPQB and offensive threat than Krug.
I don’t mind Hague, I think he could develop into a good 2nd pairing shutdown guy, he’s probably pretty close to there now. Roy is also a pretty good player. Maybe cap commitments to others could pry them away from Vegas, but I’d doubt it.
There are situations in which I’d be happy with the Blues giving up that haul to jump from 16 to 10 (as of now) but you better be 100% positive the guy you’re getting at that position will be a big piece of your future. I see no reason for NJD to do something like that though. I could however see them doing something similar if Binnington were a piece of the trade which I’m not sure we’ve reached that crossroads this offseason.
Signing Sam Reinhart to a massive contract on a career year is a very very risky gamble to take. Good chance in a. Different set of circumstances, you’ve just inked Huberdeau 2.0.