Same. So, if last year near the end of the Eriksson for Shattenkirk talks and the deal looked imminent, were the Bruins able to talk to Shattenkirk and get a price/term?
If you knew you could trade for him and sign him for 6.0 million / 6 years do you do the trade then move Carlo?
Let's see that Harvard degree work the cap math there.
I can't imagine STL would be looking for a 1st + prospect if they weren't going to let teams negotiate -- if they're going to be trading the player away, it wouldn't make much sense to not let them talk, it would only up the return. I don't think the price/term last year was too big of a deal for the Bruins as he still had a full year under contract, but I do remember salary coming to the B's being an issue (Lehtera) so maybe they did talk.
Shattenkirk may be a RHD, but I'm relatively sure he's played mostly the left side in STL. If you're looking to bring him AND Landeskog in, it probably makes the most sense to move out Chara. There's simply no way the cap works with that top 6, Chara, Krug and Shattenkirk beyond the rest of this season. You'd have to move one of the top 6 or Chara out (and that's after moving at least one of Hayes/Beleskey and LVGK taking KMiller/McQuaid).
edit - off the top of my head after going through this the other night, the top 6 (BM, PB, DB, DK, GL and DP at $6M) + Rask + Krug + Seidenberg's buyout + Shattenkirk at $6M is roughly $57M, leaving $16M for 12-14 players, not counting any other current contracts.