Jimmyjets
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these are the actual teams that can present a 6m o/s given their draft picks
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of these teams
ANH, BOS, CGY, CAR, COL, DAL, MIN, MTL, NYI, NYR, SJS, STL, VAN and WPG have under 3M in cap-space or their own high-profile RFAs to sign
so that leaves, OTT, LA, DET, PHI, NSH, FLA, CBJ as viable O/S options?
Would you rather play in TBL for a bit less money for a little while and a chance to win cups or more money on teams that likely aren't close to win a cup?
Even out of the list of teams with more than $3M capspace a number have high profile players to sign this year or next year which limits the list even more:
- Phi: P. Myers this year and Hart next year
- CBJ: Dubois
- NSH: Fabbro and Saros next year
- LA: seem pretty set at Center with Kopi, Byfield, Vilardi, Turcotte, etc.
So really it's down to OTT, FLA & DET. IMO Ottawa isn't spending the money and I don't think Stevie Y sticks it to his old organization based on the "mess" he made of having too many good players. I also thought there was speculation that Florida was looking to cut payroll.
So no real offersheet threat in my opinion but also not many teams that could even take on a contract if you paid them. Maybe Stamkos starts the year on LTIR and that gets them some breathing room for a bit, but at some point somethings got to give.