torontos finest
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It's possible.
ASIAK, Pietrangelo is more interesting in the structure of a contract instead of just length and salary. Specifially, in the form of signing bonuses, which is essentially a guaranteed chunk of cash at the start of every season. St Louis doesn't do this, since this money is not able to be bought out, still has to be paid during a lockout and could chip off a value of a trade down the line.
Toronto would be able to provide Pietrangelo with a front loaded deal and the guaranteed money he's after; the Tavares and Matthews contracts are pretty much league minimum salary with 10 million bonuses. However, they wouldn't be the only team to provide this and someone could provide a better bid in terms of total value, while still providing the same concessions.
The only major advantage Toronto has over everyone else is that Pietrangelo is from Toronto. Unless his hometown fervor gets him to sign something that wouldn't handicap the team, I don't think he's coming here.