DW has never had a problem using all of our cap space.Wow... you went back 4 seasons? C'mon man that is a hilariously small and insignifigant sample size. Still, how many of them are more important than EK65 to a team? none? And Peitrangelo isn't signing for 6mil. Likely he gets closer to 8 or even 9 depending on the team. Oh and how are you going to get big name players to sign to the team? Having cap space, especially for San Jose, never means your guaranteed you get to spend it.
I don’t think Pietrangelo will sign for 6, but he will easily sign for less than Karlsson’s 11.5.
I only went back 4 years because I’m lazy.
#3 OA plus 11.5M in cap space > Karlsson next year and moving forward.