If coutorier gets you Sven Baertschi and a pick I'd do it. But that doesn't fit a need. Their defensive prospects are average at best, but the pick could land a top defensive pairing guy. The key is jetisoning Mez's contract. Feaster might be dumb enough to take on mez, but I doubt him giving Baertschi and their no. 1 pick for cooter and mez.
- the deaninator

Feaster= the dumbest in the land

Andy Strickland ‏@andystrickland 1h
Doug Armstrong tells me there will be no issue fitting Pietrangelo and Stewart under the cap with roster as it currently sits #stlblues

Pietrangs cant be happy with that offer.

90% is bit bit of a presumption
I thought Ottawa would do poorly last season when they lost Spezza, Michalek, Karlsson, and Anderson, and they were left with essentially a roster of prospects and fillers. Look at how that ended.
- JAKEw1234

Ok ok 80%

Andy Strickland ‏@andystrickland 1h
Doug Armstrong tells me there will be no issue fitting Pietrangelo and Stewart under the cap with roster as it currently sits #stlblues

Pietrangs cant be happy with that offer.
- hereticpride

As it sits now they'll be able to fit both?

CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
David Perron ($3.813m) / David Backes ($4.500m) / Vladimir Tarasenko ($1.750m)
Alexander Steen ($3.363m) / T.J. Oshie ($4.175m) / Ryan Reaves ($0.600m)
Jaden Schwartz ($1.167m) / Derek Roy ($4.000m) / Adam Cracknell ($0.600m)
Dmitrij Jaskin ($0.894m) / Patrik Berglund ($3.250m) / Chris Stewart ($3.500m)
Chris Porter ($0.675m) / Vladimir Sobotka ($1.300m) /
Keith Aucoin ($0.625m) / Maxim Lapierre ($1.100m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Jay Bouwmeester ($6.680m) / Kevin Shattenkirk ($4.250m)
Barret Jackman ($3.167m) / Roman Polak ($2.750m)
Jordan Leopold ($2.250m) / Ian Cole ($0.825m)
Taylor Chorney ($0.600m) / Alex Pietrangelo ($7.500m)
GOALTENDERS
Jaroslav Halak ($3.750m)
Brian Elliott ($1.800m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $68,882,500; BONUSES: $1,432,500
CAP SPACE (26-man roster): -$3,150,000

How does that guy do math? Even if Pietrangelo for some reason settled for $6.5, and Stewart for some crazy reason resigned for $2.5, they would still be over the cap.

Might as well. Its like a never ending Abilify commercial in here today.
- hereticpride

I'll go back to reading the WHL article I posted here already.

Andy Strickland ‏@andystrickland 1h
Doug Armstrong tells me there will be no issue fitting Pietrangelo and Stewart under the cap with roster as it currently sits #stlblues

Pietrangs cant be happy with that offer.
- hereticpride

Unleash the Kra... Offer Sheet!

A German could go #1? When's the last time that happened?
- JAKEw1234

Sam Reinhart is Canadian, he is the brother of Griffin who went #4 to the Islanders in 2012

puzzle pieces starting to fit

stl did not want cooter, not enough offence, so cooter goes to cal and salary dump mezzy and aquire a top 5 pick next year and 2 nice prospects while clearing cap to offer sheet ap

Sam Reinhart is Canadian, he is the brother of Griffin who went #4 to the Islanders in 2012
- ob18

No Leon Draisaitl. The article says Draisaitl will be most likely to challenge Reinhart for 1st overall.

puzzle pieces starting to fit

stl did not want cooter, not enough offence, so cooter goes to cal and salary dump mezzy and aquire a top 5 pick next year and 2 nice prospects while clearing cap to offer sheet ap
- mydoglicks

What are you getting back for couturier?

puzzle pieces starting to fit

stl did not want cooter, not enough offence, so cooter goes to cal and salary dump mezzy and aquire a top 5 pick next year and 2 nice prospects while clearing cap to offer sheet ap
- mydoglicks

I wonder how much they would pay (Flyers) AP.

puzzle pieces starting to fit

stl did not want cooter, not enough offence, so cooter goes to cal and salary dump mezzy and aquire a top 5 pick next year and 2 nice prospects while clearing cap to offer sheet ap
- mydoglicks

tell me errythings gonna be alright

puzzle pieces starting to fit

stl did not want cooter, not enough offence, so cooter goes to cal and salary dump mezzy and aquire a top 5 pick next year and 2 nice prospects while clearing cap to offer sheet ap
- mydoglicks

I don't know if I'd be OK with this.

I wonder how much they would pay (Flyers) AP.
- mikel33

I still wonder how St Louis will pay AP.

No Leon Draisaitl. The article says Draisaitl will be most likely to challenge Reinhart for 1st overall.
- JAKEw1234

Oh my bad, haven't seen him play but I have seen a lot about how good he is, look forward to watching some of him.

And I believe that's for #1 of the WHL ranked players not #1 overall.

tell me errythings gonna be alright
- Crimsoninja

it will be, we dump mezzy and for cooter we get a top5 pick and a prospect, clear like 7mil in space

I loike cooter but he is replacable, if this leads us to get ap im all over that

I still wonder how St Louis will pay AP.
- JAKEw1234

why is it so hard to fathom that they move someone out to clear space?

I still wonder how St Louis will pay AP.
- JAKEw1234

looking at there roster the only way they sign allen, stewart and ap is to find an idiot gm to take jabow and halak

it will be, we dump mezzy and for cooter we get a top5 pick and a prospect, clear like 7mil in space

I loike cooter but he is replacable, if this leads us to get ap im all over that
- mydoglicks

dont forget about all those 1sts they'd lose if stl doesnt match the offersheet

As it sits now they'll be able to fit both?

CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
David Perron ($3.813m) / David Backes ($4.500m) / Vladimir Tarasenko ($1.750m)
Alexander Steen ($3.363m) / T.J. Oshie ($4.175m) / Ryan Reaves ($0.600m)
Jaden Schwartz ($1.167m) / Derek Roy ($4.000m) / Adam Cracknell ($0.600m)
Dmitrij Jaskin ($0.894m) / Patrik Berglund ($3.250m) / Chris Stewart ($3.500m)
Chris Porter ($0.675m) / Vladimir Sobotka ($1.300m) /
Keith Aucoin ($0.625m) / Maxim Lapierre ($1.100m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Jay Bouwmeester ($6.680m) / Kevin Shattenkirk ($4.250m)
Barret Jackman ($3.167m) / Roman Polak ($2.750m)
Jordan Leopold ($2.250m) / Ian Cole ($0.825m)
Taylor Chorney ($0.600m) / Alex Pietrangelo ($7.500m)
GOALTENDERS
Jaroslav Halak ($3.750m)
Brian Elliott ($1.800m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $68,882,500; BONUSES: $1,432,500
CAP SPACE (26-man roster): -$3,150,000

How does that guy do math? Even if Pietrangelo for some reason settled for $6.5, and Stewart for some crazy reason resigned for $2.5, they would still be over the cap.
- JAKEw1234

3 of those forwards will be in the AHL.

dont forget about all those 1sts they'd lose if stl doesnt match the offersheet
- Crimsoninja

well, we will still have a better pick next year then our own (cal) for coots, its genious, we loose our own but still pick in the top 5

So everyone got the weekend off eh? We have a frenzy of trades and signings friday and then everything goes silent over the weekend. I am interested to know if we will be able to move Meszaros and I am hoping Gagne is a possibility. Outside of the Flyers, I wanna know whereas Jagr lands next. If Bryzgalov has any interest at all in him. I don't think Doug Murray or Brendan Morrow found homes yet. Will other players be bought out?

Oh my bad, haven't seen him play but I have seen a lot about how good he is, look forward to watching some of him.

And I believe that's for #1 of the WHL ranked players not #1 overall.
- ob18

Ah yes, my bad

So everyone got the weekend off eh? We have a frenzy of trades and signings friday and then everything goes silent over the weekend. I am interested to know if we will be able to move Meszaros and I am hoping Gagne is a possibility. Outside of the Flyers, I wanna know whereas Jagr lands next. If Bryzgalov has any interest at all in him. I don't think Doug Murray or Brendan Morrow found homes yet. Will other players be bought out?
- dingo8urbaby

I think buyout period is over, so will have to wait for next year fo that.

Rich Smith ‏@ALLsportsINTEL 8m
NHL - Source - Flyers Meszaros expected to be medically cleared soon, at that point he can and will be traded.