At this point my mindset is Pietrangelo is gone. I've been wrong before and who knows what will happen but it feels like he's gone. If that's the case what is the best scenario for the Blues next year and moving forward?
There's no way Army is embracing a rebuild 1 year removed from winning the Cup. With no Pietrangelo the Blues still have 22 signed players with $5,153,096 in cap space. That's plenty to sign Dunn and have a little cushion against the cap.
The forward group feels bloated now. There's 15 forwards right now and that's without Kostin who really should be playing in the NHL next season. It just feels like something has to give on the forwards side to make room for some youth.
Do you trade for futures, keep what you have, try to dump salary to sign better FA's, or other?
There's no way Army is embracing a rebuild 1 year removed from winning the Cup. With no Pietrangelo the Blues still have 22 signed players with $5,153,096 in cap space. That's plenty to sign Dunn and have a little cushion against the cap.
The forward group feels bloated now. There's 15 forwards right now and that's without Kostin who really should be playing in the NHL next season. It just feels like something has to give on the forwards side to make room for some youth.
Do you trade for futures, keep what you have, try to dump salary to sign better FA's, or other?