And not give Tanner Glass a deal. Stralman is a million less than Girardi (and reportedly only wanted $4M to sign), Lindberg over Glass last year saves $825K. I made the team better and saved you $200K.
I go to games in Hartford and catch some on TV here. He was a work in progress that started to click some down the stretch. His game really elevated in the post season. That's not to say a cheaper and better alternative to Glass couldn't be had. It could almost by default seeing how bad he was and the overpay on his deal both in $$$ and length.
I could have contributed as much as Glass this season.
My point, one that many others have hammered away at, is that Sather's short-term nature again harms the team. By that time we had three season's of data that this 23 (at the time) year old was a good player that would likely get even better. The $1.7M of cap space was do-able and would not have significantly hurt the team. Stepan wasn't a one year wonder, or even an inconsistent one. He was coming off a near PPG season. These bridge deals are dumb for guys like him.
Dynasty in the making. Franchise doubles its Cup count by the end of the decade.
Instead, window shut and Lundqvist is Cup-less.
we both know Glen and AV would have made room for #15 no matter what. You cant put a price on Mr Intangibles (6 minutes TOI in game 7, -1 anyway)
Thanks for the insight on Lindberg, Torrag.
And if you combine their cap hit, it's still not as much as Glass'
#Sather'd
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