Stars have $20m cap space
Need 6F & 2D so cap space needed for JT

I doubt if they sign Tavares to a 10 million dollar deal per season they'll want to keep Tavares - Seguin - Spezza down the middle. That's about 26 million dollars in salary.
- LeftCoaster

Tavares Seguin Hanzal

Saving $2.75m Hanzal over Spezza

I doubt if they sign Tavares to a 10 million dollar deal per season they'll want to keep Tavares - Seguin - Spezza down the middle. That's about 26 million dollars in salary.
- LeftCoaster

they sure as hell won't have to give up a 1st to dump him either.



look at the ufa c's, if they sign tavares then it basically just leaves stastny/bozak and a bunch of bottom 6 centers.

Some team will take spezza off of their hands with only 1 year left and hope he rebounds away from hitchcock instead of giving 3-4 years to bozak.

supply and demand, more teams need C's than there are actual C's out there.

Spezza/2nd/3rd for Hutton/6th

Spezza/2nd/3rd for Hutton/6th
- Nighthawk

they'll get better offers

they'll get better offers
- Nucker101

Just a warm up bro

Just a warm up bro
- Nighthawk

have a feeling the canucks might pony up for bozak anyway so it won't matter.

they sure as hell won't have to give up a 1st to dump him either.



look at the ufa c's, if they sign tavares then it basically just leaves stastny/bozak and a bunch of bottom 6 centers.

Some team will take spezza off of their hands with only 1 year left and hope he rebounds away from hitchcock instead of giving 3-4 years to bozak.

supply and demand, more teams need C's than there are actual C's out there.
- Nucker101

Honestly I'd be happy with a 2nd round pick and a prospect, you're getting them for nothing but spending some cash.

Just a thought!

If you took on Spezza's full $7.5 million and they pay Tavares $10.5 million they're only increasing their cap by three million which is do-able for them.

Honestly I'd be happy with a 2nd round pick and a prospect, you're getting them for nothing but spending some cash.

Just a thought!

If you took on Spezza's full $7.5 million and they pay Tavares $10.5 million they're only increasing their cap by three million which is do-able for them.
- LeftCoaster

I just see other teams with plenty of cap space as well that could use a stopgap C so I have a feeling Dallas would have multiple teams interested in taking on Spezza.

have a feeling the canucks might pony up for bozak anyway so it won't matter.
- Nucker101

I think he'll want term, we don't want term, two years max.

I just see other teams with plenty of cap space as well that could use a stopgap C so I have a feeling Dallas would have multiple teams interested in taking on Spezza.
- Nucker101

Sure, but you've gotta make a pitch to Dallas or you're not doing your job!

I just see other teams with plenty of cap space as well that could use a stopgap C so I have a feeling Dallas would have multiple teams interested in taking on Spezza.
- Nucker101

Montreal

I just see other teams with plenty of cap space as well that could use a stopgap C so I have a feeling Dallas would have multiple teams interested in taking on Spezza.
- Nucker101

Which teams?
If JT signs in big D then SJ resigns Joe probably. If not he is available.

I think he'll want term, we don't want term, two years max.
- LeftCoaster

I don’t want Bozo

Montreal
- VANTEL

Possibly but they are worse off than we are

Which teams?
If JT signs in big D then SJ resigns Joe probably. If not he is available.
- Nighthawk

Montreal like vantel said.


NYI, NYR, TOR, CGY, CAR, ARZ could all potentially use a C to play on their 2nd or 3rd lines

I don’t want Bozo
- Nighthawk

Me neither but I'm not in charge.

I don’t want Bozo
- Nighthawk

None of us do, but they've already called his agent so clearly there's some interest.

None of us do, but they've already called his agent so clearly there's some interest.
- Nucker101

I dont think anything will come out of it. Cant imagine Benning will want to sign him more then 3 years, cant see Bozak going for that

I couldn't care less about him. I want a little grit to insulate the small forwards and that us pretty much it
- VANTEL

maybe we should keep archibald for that

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- VANTEL

maybe we should keep archibald for that
- SMBDragon

No

maybe we should keep archibald for that
- SMBDragon

i'd sign him for the ahl, too slow for the nhl

GP G A PTS +/- PIMS
EL: 81 16 28 44 -8 18
MF: 77 21 20 41 5 24

Seems pretty close.
- dbot

One of them managed to get on the first line, the other played 2c. Ferland will not be on the first line in carolina, maybe 2nd but likely the 3rd line.