Edited Apr. 13, 2020 at 1:14 a.m.
Quoting: BeastModeUnknown
If COVID-19 is actually going to change any of the NHL then the League is going to drop the salary cap for the lost revenue, and it will be a percentage of the salary cap lost, so if you are actually going by that little thing you just did, Toronto still wouldn't be able to afford him, because the Cap Space will go down just as much as a player's salary will. Pietrangelo has multiple chances he will go, but also multiple chances he will stay. Considering his wife told him not to long ago she wants to stay in St.Louis because of family, and why would he want to go for that reason, he is loved here, he is the captain, has every chance to win more cups here, and also the fact that you know maybe he can still get upwards of 9-11M here.
Does he have chances to leave sure, Toronto isn't a realistic place though. You have no cap, and he isn't going to take a paycut just because you are close to home. Calgary, Winnipeg, and a Florida team are probably the ideal choices Florida because no taxes at all. Not to mention, Toronto isn't even willing to make the cap space for his 9-11M contract with a 7-8 Year term. So why are we even having this discussion. Pietrangelo isn't going to Toronto it's not realistic. It's more realistic he goes somewhere else.
Do you have any idea of how much in endorsements a year that Pietrangelo would make playing in Toronto?
You do realize that Pietrangelo is from Toronto and his favourite team growing up was Toronto?
You do realize that Pietrangelo is good friends with Tavares?
You also should realize that the Blues winning a cup was a total fluke and will never happen again?
You also realize that Tavares, Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Rielly are probably the best young core in the NHL and in a great position to win multilpe cups in Toronto?
You probably do not understand this but if Pietrangelo would win a cup in Toronto which is the hockey universe of the world that he would go down in history as a hero and be worshiped by the biggest hockey fan base in the world.
I am not saying you are wrong, I am just saying it could happen and Pietrangelo comes to Toronto and where there is smoke there is fire and the Leafs have the resources to sign him and the Pietrangelo rumours comming to Toronto are only going to get stronger because the Blues have still not resigned him yet and he sure looks like he is going to hit the UFA market where anything can happen. Also, why would Blues sign Falk long term is they wanted to sign Pietrangelo?