Sportsnet 590 The FAN: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong on supply sheets, the Edmonton Oilers cap scenario and the Blues overpaying however weaponizing their cap area.
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Ailish Forfar: “Provide sheets, which has appeared to be a little bit bit taboo at occasions. You stated you’d nonetheless supply sheet your mom, although, doesn’t matter.
So stroll us by way of the method to ship the Edmonton Oilers a proposal sheet, and in the end get two new gamers for St Louis Blues,
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Armstrong: “Yeah, principally began round July 3 or 4th, second, third, fourth. I assumed Jeff Jackson had a fantastic begin to free company. He actually improved his crew up entrance. However to do this, you must spend fairness. And he, and the Oilers spend a little bit little bit of cap fairness and put us ready to look to see if we will enhance our crew.
Groups which are totally different positions, of their, of their, their development patterns proper now. The Oilers, clearly, you already know, one aim away from taking recreation seven to time beyond regulation.
And we’ve been there. We’ve had our success. Now we’re constructing it again up. And so we seemed on the potential so as to add some younger gamers that match into our core group shifting ahead, that may develop.
We’ve a, I believe we now have a ten, 10 first spherical picks in a six yr timeframe on our roster or we’re on our reserve record. And if seven, let’s say 7, 6-7-8 of these guys make it, they will play collectively a very long time. I imagine that’s the way you construct a successful basis is, is to have guys that may play collectively for a very long time, and having first spherical picks that may play collectively for a very long time, is essential.
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Jesse Rubinoff: “Ailish talked about that the supply sheets are extremely uncommon in right this moment’s day and age within the Nationwide Hockey League. I imagine there’s solely been 10 since 2006.
What’s the method behind determining that you just wish to exit and do a proposal sheet? As a result of if it’s so uncommon, I envision that it doesn’t come up on a regular basis in dialog. Was it one thing that you just simply considered since you knew in regards to the Oilers scenario, or did any person else inside the entrance workplace say, like, ‘hey, this is perhaps a very good alternative to exit and do that.’
As a result of when it’s so uncommon, you simply bought me pondering, like, what, when? What could be the impetus to exit and do it now?
Armstrong: “Yeah, it was extra simply of the cap scenario and the place, the place everyone seems to be at at a sure time. And I’ve used the instance a few occasions.
As you take a look at the you take a look at Boston proper now, and I’m allowed to speak about (Jeremy) Smayman, he’s a restricted free agent. However they’ve, they’ve left a hefty amount of cash there, yeah, for him. And you then take a look at the Pink Wings additionally with two good gamers that left hefty amount of cash.
So a proposal sheet there, you already know, I’m not talking for the opposite groups. I don’t see an avenue to get gamers at that ilk, due to the scenario. How they’ve set that up. Edmonton’s scenario a little bit bit totally different.
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Aspiring gamers, rising gamers that we, we overpaid, clearly, like, for those who take a look at their their profession, what they’ve executed thus far, that doesn’t match what their contracts are. However, you already know, cap areas is a, is a weapon. And we had the cap area and we don’t, we weren’t going to make use of it in one other style this yr or doubtless subsequent yr. So we wished to make use of it to attempt to purchase younger gamers.
