RainyCityHockey
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What contracts do people actually want to sign?
If we just say no to everyone then we'll be that team with $20m in cap space and 30th in the standings. Cap space is only helpful if you have an alternative plan for how to use it. So what is that plan?
Contracts for difference makers, not just more of the same.
Esepcially if we're talking about guys in their 30's also wanting a five year contract etc.
The plan would be, instead of handing out those conract to all those middling guys, to take on a contract or two and add some picks/prospects on top of it.
You might still be 30th in the league, but you would 1)draft pretty high to have a shot at potential game changing talent and 2) you could also try to restore those guys value(as others have done before) and try to get something else for them on top of it.
This, to me, seems way more of a useful strategie than just signing some middling guys and hoping something might click.
By doing so, you'd also have cap space and more picks/prospects in case a high end guy becomes available in a trade.
Cause right now, even if there's a guy available, I don't think the Kraken have the pieces to trade for such a guy, unless you're willing to include Beniers or Wright.