Lets Go Blues
Joined: Jun. 2016
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It's not a bad way to spend the money, but if you get Robertson out of NY, you gotta figure that Perunovich or him would be able to take a top 4 role at some point. Not sure if the Blues should have $26m tied up in aging d-men for the next 5+ seasons. But at the same time, that's the way Army has gone about building the team so it is realistic IMO. I really don't think he cares about 2027-28 or whenever the wheels will ultimately fall off.
Personally, I think the approach should be to find an opportunistic deal a la the Buchnevich trade and spend the money on guys age 23-26 and contracts that aren't as risky (i.e. the ones that go til the player is 35+, we already have too many).