Quoting: exo2769
Trade aside because we're all allowed our own opinions and have good reasons to believe them.
On the UFAs. Who's going to offer that kind of money to Compher, Bunting, Barbashev, Kaner, ROR, Tarasenko. It's just a lot of UFAs and not a ton of teams with cap available. Hard to argue any 1 specific case. Just someone's going to get left out, no?
The following teams have more then 10 million in cap space. Panthers, Rangers, Jets, Avs, Sharks, Predators, CBJ, Sabres, Sens, Pens, Kraken, Hurricanes, Coyotes, Wings, Devils, Ducks, and Hawks. Another 2 teams have over 9 million.
There is also the very real possibility of the NHL and Players association working out a deal to allow the cap to go up more then expected. Teams may have a couple million more then expected which would be huge.
I think the Hawks will add a piece or two to help insulate Bedard so he has legit NHLers to play with but nothing more then that.