Utah is looking for two top-six players and a top-four defenseman
Fourth Time: Utah has $43.26 million in projected salary cap space heading into next season. They have pending RFAs in Sean Durzi, Juuso Valimaki and JJ Moser and Barrett Hayton. Utah will have an opportunity this offseason to add to their roster.
They will look at trades and the free agent market. Unlike in past seasons, GM Bill Armstrong will not be looking to get high-value contracts and assets attached to help other teams. They will look to improve their program.
Multiple sources said they will look to add a second-line center, top-six player, and defenseman to the top four.
Besides their lottery picks, they have three seconds and three third-round picks.
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They don't have a lot of salary cap space – $12 million in cap space with 16 players under contract and Stamkos will take up most of that.
It's no secret that Stamkos wasn't happy about getting an extension last season. He put that aside and scored 40 goals.
If he hits the open market, the Chicago Blackhawks would want him to sign Connor Bedard. He has friends in Nashville and they don't have federal taxes. Would Utah like to make a big splash this offseason?
Can the Lightning get Stamkos on a below-market deal that could mean three years at $5.5 million per month? Stamkos noted how the likes of Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brayden Point, and Victor Hedman took below-market deals to stay in Tampa, and yes there is a non-tax benefit.
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“That's what everyone has done here and that's why we've been successful and that's how this organization has been. I think that in itself is a testament to the management of how they want to build the team and, first of all, they don't want to do that and accept it and allow the management to go out there and build a roster that they're going to compete against. the Stanley Cup.”
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