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Originally Posted by Chainshot
They have to find some somewhere and for this team, carrying cap vs. real salary under BTG hasn't been an issue, so that may still be the case going forward.
Carter might be another target, via trade, for a pivot to carry the offensive load but they still need a pair of good, no, very good centers to go forward.
I still fear the possibility that they panic *again* and retain Connolly *again*.
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I think the most intriguing question will be whether Pegula is willing to make a push for the big UFA's by front-loading deals and thereby carry real salary far greater than the players' cap numbers. For instance, I wonder if he'd offer Richards and 8yr, $60 mil deal ($7.5 cap hit), and make the final three years be for a total of $5 mil and the first five years for $55 mil. Even if Richards doesn't agree to it, I bet it'd get him (and his agent) thinking.