This makes more sense, but if we had permission to speak with KS first and he agreed to stay UFA after this deal and wait until the expansion draft passed, so we could THEN give him that kind of $$$, I would MAYBE consider it.
But with Brass also being in demand, it would have to be worth our while.
Stepan + Staal reduced to 4 (assuming he waives)
for
KS, 2017 1st + acceptable cap dump
looks good
Good analysis, and we should not compound the problem by being negative on Kreider when we should be canning AV.
If you want to be an obstinate contrarian, you deserve to get a whizzing.
You want us to pay for Shatty even though there are acceptable odds he might not only come here for free, but workaround his re-signing so we can bypass the expansion draft, I am willing to listen to a discounted price, but for the last time, bend, buckle and break, Kreider is not likely to go at all and if he does, not in this type of deal!