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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1792042" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/cap-crunch-will-make-it-tough-for-blues-to-re-sign-ryan-oreilly/article_38fc80ab-ec46-54b6-97ec-65a8517a6653.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas" target="_blank">Jim Thomas</a></p><p></p><p>It has been an expensive summer for the Blues, with $130 million in contract extensions doled out to young forwards Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas.</p><p>Now what happens?</p><p>Two Blues mainstays — captain Ryan O’Reilly and alternate captain Vladimir Tarasenko — have contracts that expire at the end of this coming season. The same is true for Ivan Barbashev, who’s coming off a year in which he set career highs for goals (26), assists (34) and points (60). And defenseman Niko Mikkola, who will challenge for an every-day spot in the lineup.</p><p>Can the Blues sign them all? Or sign any of them?</p><p>General manager Doug Armstrong and assistant general manager Ryan Miller have worked some salary cap wizardry in the past, but figuring out how to make the numbers work for the 2023-24 season will be a daunting task.</p><p></p><p>“O’Reilly, Tarasenko, Barbashev, Mikkola — these guys are all gonna be UFAs,” Armstrong said. “Right now, we’re just gonna let the season play itself out, have these guys play.” Does that mean there will be no negotiating during the season?</p><p>“It means if we do, we’ll do it behind closed doors,” Armstrong said, with a laugh. “That’s two major signings right now (Thomas and Kyrou.) I haven’t seen these (other) guys this year. Once camp starts we’ll bump into each other and we’ll talk. But right now, our focus is on this year for sure. ... But these are key players for us.”</p><p>That’s especially true in the case of O’Reilly and Tarasenko. Since the blockbuster trade that brought him to St. Louis from Buffalo in 2018, O’Reilly has been the backbone of the team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1792042, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/cap-crunch-will-make-it-tough-for-blues-to-re-sign-ryan-oreilly/article_38fc80ab-ec46-54b6-97ec-65a8517a6653.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas']Jim Thomas[/URL] It has been an expensive summer for the Blues, with $130 million in contract extensions doled out to young forwards Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas. Now what happens? Two Blues mainstays — captain Ryan O’Reilly and alternate captain Vladimir Tarasenko — have contracts that expire at the end of this coming season. The same is true for Ivan Barbashev, who’s coming off a year in which he set career highs for goals (26), assists (34) and points (60). And defenseman Niko Mikkola, who will challenge for an every-day spot in the lineup. Can the Blues sign them all? Or sign any of them? General manager Doug Armstrong and assistant general manager Ryan Miller have worked some salary cap wizardry in the past, but figuring out how to make the numbers work for the 2023-24 season will be a daunting task. “O’Reilly, Tarasenko, Barbashev, Mikkola — these guys are all gonna be UFAs,” Armstrong said. “Right now, we’re just gonna let the season play itself out, have these guys play.” Does that mean there will be no negotiating during the season? “It means if we do, we’ll do it behind closed doors,” Armstrong said, with a laugh. “That’s two major signings right now (Thomas and Kyrou.) I haven’t seen these (other) guys this year. Once camp starts we’ll bump into each other and we’ll talk. But right now, our focus is on this year for sure. ... But these are key players for us.” That’s especially true in the case of O’Reilly and Tarasenko. Since the blockbuster trade that brought him to St. Louis from Buffalo in 2018, O’Reilly has been the backbone of the team. [/QUOTE]
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