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- Jun 14, 2017
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The Cap space is available.If we could sign Tatar for a 1yr deal it really doesn’t matter. The cap space is definitely available.
But the lineup space is not necessarily so readily available. We do have 14 forwards already pencilled in, and assuming all our D are ready to go, we really only project to having 13 forward spots. You could even say we have 15 forwards ready if you include Pitlick, who probably IS ready too, just is assumed to be the odd man out, and placed on waivers with the hope he clears to Milwaukee.
So what is Tatar really worth to us on a 1yr deal? Today, I argue he's only really worth whatever draft pick we could flip him for in a contingency scenario where our season goes down the drain and we look to move him at the Trade Deadline. That is maybe a 2nd or 3rd round pick. I wouldn't pre-emptively eliminate Tomasino or Glass from our lineup just to add that extra draft pick.
It wouldn't necessarily be a wrong thing to invite guys to camp on PTOs, however. If an injury crops up, or our thinking is modified by anything else that goes on in camp, then maybe signing that extra depth will work out for us. So for me, I'm definitely down with PTOing a couple of leftover players.
Though I would expect that Tatar is a cut above just accepting a PTO from anybody.