Room for Barbie 1500000 and Maroon 1900000

I know everyone wants to hang on to the entire Stanley Cup-winning team but it's time to move on from Maroon.

Agreed, Maroon wasn’t that effective and roster turnover is important in general.

I agree completely on Maroon. I hope they don't sign him, and keep the $1.92M in reserve (which I fully expect Army to do)...or keep MacEachern on the active roster of 23, with a cap reserve of just under $1.2M.

I was merely trying to show that it could work financially to sign both Barbashev and Maroon. I hope that Maroon signs elsewhere...I think his legacy could be tarnished here if he were to sign, and then he has another rough regular season.

Time to move on from Fabbri...

Not time yet to move on from Fabbri...at $900k he's still a value to the Blues relative to his talent and potential. The Blues can definitely afford to be patient with him...he'll still be a Restricted Free Agent (RFA) after this next season, and he will not be arbitration eligible, so the Blues can resign him for less than $1M if he is not back to form. Regardless, the Blues will expect him to show significant progress this year. But as a cost controlled asset, they won't likely cut him loose unless they can get value back in a trade.