Blues offer sheet for Stamkos..$25m for 3yrs

Ok, I'm getting a little carried away now....Made you all look though

You git!

Yes I did look, and even did the maths on my calculator before opening the thread. I was about to fire off a quick PM to one of my mates too, but luckily decided to read the story first. Otherwise I'd have looked extremely stupid

I actually said "Holy crap!" out loud and all my colleagues looked at me.

Can St Louis afford $8.333m per year (theoretically)? I know they have the cap room but are the money troubles sorted out down there?

leafygiraffe wrote:Can St Louis afford $8.333m per year (theoretically)? I know they have the cap room but are the money troubles sorted out down there?

Apparently there are 3 buyers showing more than a passing interest. Dave Checkitts has said that he 99% sure the Blues will have new owners by the start of the coming season. It was him that gave Doug Armstrong the go ahead to spend beyond the cap floor, so I would assume that in turn, he must have had the go ahead from the potential newn owners.

Admittedly the post was made in jest, but looking a little deeper, its not really that far fetched. When you look at the core of the Blues outfit, the age is very young. If any team could pass up 4x1st round picks, it would be the Blues. On top of that, what better way for Dave Checkitts and co to sell the club, than by having a marquee player like Stamkos on the books.

Its all very left field, but funnier things have happened!!!!

Also, if they did sign Stamkos, and then the ownership changed, the new owners would be able to have at least four years of excuses...

"Well it wasn't US who sold the farm!"