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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 10, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.
Thread: SJ Aquire Barzal for Meier as Isles Sign Kadri
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CheechYou</b></div><div>This is a non-issue. Moving out Labanc and Simek opens up cap space (~7mil). So does buying out Vlasic (frees up ~3.5mil in space). You have a few expiring UFA deals as well and can trade out a mid-contract guy like Lindblom. I get that they all have to be replaced, but Sharks would replace them internally with guys like Robins/Coe, Hatakka/Cicek, Gushchin. Then you also have the salary cap increasing between 1-2mil next year.

I do consider long term outlook in my AGM rosters. Two other points:

1) long-term outlook/roster isn't set in stone -- teams work their way around cap difficulties all the time, it's part of being a GM in the NHL or we wouldn't have trades/signings at the TDL and offsesason, and

2) SJ already has Meier, who's set to receive a similar contract to Barzal. It's not like this roster isn't grounded in something similar to what already exists.</div></div>

Matthew Barzal is set to get around either $9,500,000 to $10,000,000 per long term, There's no way Timo Meier is getting anywhere near that kind of money.

San Jose has one of the oldest rosters in the league, The need to start rebuilding not acquiring players like Matt Barzal.