My problem with a lot of this stuff is that it's just totally unrealistic. To wit:
This past week, reports suggested the Pittsburgh Penguins, desperately seeking a high-quality winger for Sidney Crosby, were interested in St-Louis.
I wrote about the Pens' cap problems recently.
Martin St. Louis is signed for two more years at $5.25 million a pop. If the Penguins add him, they'll have a total of $52 million already committed to next year, and if the cap doesn't rise, that would leave them four (4) million to spend.That's $4 million to resign Philippe Boucher, Hal Gill and Alex Goligoski on D and resign or replace Sykora, Satan and Fedotenko on the wing and get a backup goalie. Unless they all take huge hometown discounts, and they won't, that would mean they could afford Goligoski and a number-two goalie. And that's it.
The idea that it's even remotely feasible for the Pens to get St. Louis just shows that the people coming up with this stuff seem to have no idea how the cap works. Sure, they can sign him. It would be totally insane.
As the Hockey News article puts it:
The Penguins recently changing head coaches suggests that’s the only significant move they can afford to make.
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