Kings willing to take on Tarasenko's full contract (article)
https://hockeyroyalty.com/2021/07/22...nkos-contract/
“To my knowledge, there were four teams that were willing to pay full price in terms of his cap hit to get him. LA was one, Carolina was another, Florida was in the mix…there were a number that were willing to take that whole cap hit.”
Makes sense to me - we have the room and if he's worth keeping after the contract, try to get a more reasonable number. Problem is with at least two of the other teams in the east, I imagine we'd have to give up more to convince them to do it. Still don't think we'd be talking a huge price, def not a first, but maaaaybe a second? I'd prefer a third, but I imagine Florida or Carolina are going to offer that much.
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“To my knowledge, there were four teams that were willing to pay full price in terms of his cap hit to get him. LA was one, Carolina was another, Florida was in the mix…there were a number that were willing to take that whole cap hit.”