Speculation: Alex Pietrangelo Megathread: contract talks with the Blues have stalled.

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I don't know the Leafs can accommodate Pietrangelo without trading one of Marner or Nylander.

There are players they could move.

Kerfoot, Johnsson, Holl, Andersen if they could get an upgrade in net.

It's not easy but it's doable.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Faulk for Jack Johnson straight up. Pens get the better player, Blues get the space to sign Petrangelo.

That's not enough space

 

[67Blues]

That's not enough space

Trade for Johnson and immediately buy him out. $1m cap hit. Blues would have roughly $10.5m in cap space for Petro and Dunn not including Tarasenko's LTIR.

 

[simon IC]

Faulk for Jack Johnson straight up. Pens get the better player, Blues get the space to sign Petrangelo.

Hmm, actually ...

 

[REM17]

He's a UFA during the offseason in which:

- The cap is flat and many teams are hard up against it
- COVID is reporting causing many teams to impose an internal cap in the $70-80m range

It sucks for Petro, but he became a UFA at the worst possible time, and he's just not going to get the kind of fair value he would have e.g. last year, even from one of the few teams that theoretically have a lot of cap space.

Dumbass will grossly overpay, as usual...

 

[CitizenSnips]

Faulk for Jack Johnson straight up. Pens get the better player, Blues get the space to sign Petrangelo.

I gotta think if this was on the table, the Blues would have to think long and hard about it. I personally think all the Faulk hate is just silly because people see him as "Petros replacement or insurance policy" and "the reason we cannot sign our captain" but as it has been pointed out, he was brought in as a replacement for Shattenkirk. Sure the contract looks bad based on his performance last year but I think he will have a good season coming up.

All that said, I think I would pull the trigger on that deal just because it would also give us room to address a stop gap until Tarasenko comes back

 

[milehigh11]

Avs can really use AP

Girard / AP
Graves / Makar
Byram /Cole or Johnson /

Timmins Cole could be traded as he is in the last year of his deal

Graves could also be traded being a RFA and probably having his best season.

 

[axlrose87]

I think the biggest issue for the Blues this offseason is real money, not cap space.

 

[Bonham]

Avs can really use AP

Girard / AP
Graves / Makar
Byram /Cole or Johnson /

Timmins Cole could be traded as he is in the last year of his deal

Graves could also be traded being a RFA and probably having his best season.

Avs would be scary if that happened.

Would be a good fit for both I would think.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

 

[Tkachuky]

Shaping up to be an interesting offseason. I think we will see a lot off trades/signings.

 

[JLo217]

Welcome to CO Alex!

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Custance says NHL teams believe Sakic is open to trading Erik Johnson. If EJ is moved you can bank on Colorado being a major player for Pietrangelo.

Good luck with that some 17 NHL teams will have an internal budget of $70 million or less. You'll need trading partners to make the deal. Could quite possibly be teams that can afford him but may not be on his trade list.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Whoops, just started a new thread with Dreger’s confirmation. Mods, feel free to merge/delete as you see fit.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Welcome to CO Alex!

Who's Colorado going to move out to make this happen? Pietrangelo is still going to want at least 7 x $9,000,000 and both Landeskog and Makar are going to get big money next summer.

 

[CupInSIX]

As in...the Blues have given him permission to talk with other clubs?

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Hope Vancouver lands him.

It would probably take 7 x $10,000,000m for Pietrangelo to sign with Vancouver and you already have big contracts coming up next summer with both Hughes and Pettersson it's remotely not happening.

 

[JLo217]

Who's Colorado going to move out to make this happen? Pietrangelo is still going to want at least 7 x $9,000,000 and both Landeskog and Makar are going to get big money next summer.

They could make room.

I’m mostly joking. I dont see Joe going after him.

 

[HarryLime]

Wish the leafs could do a sign and trade. blues can have Marner or Tavares

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Trade Faulk to Calgary.

Hanifin is trade bait. Hamonic is not coming back, Gustafsson is gone and Brodie is probably gone too.

They need D and Faulk will probably do good there.

Dallas, Devils, Detroit, Vancouver & Winnipeg could possibly be interested too.

 

[CraigsList]

Trade Faulk to Calgary.

Hanifin is trade bait. Hamonic is not coming back, Gustafsson is gone and Brodie is probably gone too.

They need D and Faulk will probably do good there.

lol wtf? Faulk isn’t going to Calgary.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Saw Pietrangelo trending on twitter. Was afraid he maybe resigned. This is better.

 

[Drew311]

If the Bruins trade Debrusk as reported they could be a big dark horse for Pietrangelo.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

lol wtf? Faulk isn’t going to Calgary.

Why not? He fills a need and he's only 28 years old. He will most likely bounce back, you can get him dirt cheap according to Blues fans (maybe they'll sweeten the deal).

Giordano, Andersson, Kylington and Vallimaki isn't good enough. You need some good D, a vet who also can score some points for you.

 

[CraigsList]

Why not? He fills a need and he's only 28 years old. He will most likely bounce back, you can get him dirt cheap according to Blues fans (maybe they'll sweeten the deal).

Giordano, Andersson, Kylington and Vallimaki isn't good enough. You need some good D, a vet who also can score some points for you.

Why would we trade for Faulk when we too could try and attempt to get Pietrangelo? Dirt cheap because it costs a ton of cap space to take him on. The Blues dug their own grave, we're not doing them any favors.