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Forum: Armchair-GM20 janv. 2020 à 14 h 33
Forum: Armchair-GM20 janv. 2020 à 14 h 25
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sebybbqpower</b></div><div>I didn’t get why the gm acquire faulk and give him such a long term deal. But clearly he have plan for him and he see faulk in Blues uniforms for long time. If pietrangelo extend with st louis it will become extremely though to keep all these right handed defenseman happy. And the season after binnington, thomas, kyrou, schwart,and gunnarsson will be looking for new contract with some of will get major raise.</div></div>

Gunnarsson will be cheap though if he's even still around. I don't get the Faulk extension at all. I liked the trade as he's better than Edmundson, but it seemed like GMDA wasn't going to give up both Edmundson and Bokk without an extension. My personal thought is that he extended him thinking he would have insurance in case Pietrangelo wouldn't re-sign, and if Pietrangelo does making the cap work until the expansion draft. Don't know that Seattle would take him though if he keeps playing at a decent but disappointing clip. Regardless, if there are two you need to keep "happy", it's Pietrangelo and Parayko, because they're the better players.

As far as re-signing those guys go, it definitely won't be easy but it's probably doable without losing a good player in his prime like Parayko. Allen, Bozak, and Steen are all up that year so that's 15mil right there, if some of those guys aren't traded soon anyway. Unless Kyrou has a big breakout later this year or next he won't be too expensive on his next deal, and I haven't seen much to suggest that he will by then. Same for Thomas but I think it's more likely that he has that breakout. I think you can get Schwartz on an eight year deal for about Schenn money, which isn't too bad. And of course, remembering that we will lose a good player in the expansion draft and hopefully it's Faulk as that would free up some money. I would be willing to do what everyone says not to do and pay Seattle something to get them to take Faulk's deal. And also the cap projects to jump a bit with the new TV deal, hopefully to about 90mil, which would help keep everyone around.