The fact that a team that relies almost entirely on long range shots for goals with a roster of perimeter players who absolutely refuse to go to the front of the net is among the league leaders in long range goals isn't surprising.
Think you missed the point: It's money not actually being spent so from an actual spending perspective we are $9.5 million below the cap.
We are a poverty franchise and will continue to be one for the foreseeable future.
Multiple ones are no longer in the organization and Jack Quinn looks like a huge bust. And you are correct: our prospect pool is crap because we haven't found ***** outside of the first two rounds since God knows when. Our drafting and development completely sucks which is why we are the biggest disaster of an organization in hockey history with no end in sight.
How hard is it for people to understand that arbitration is literally designed to be a doomsday option for both the team and player that is to be avoided at all cost?
You are leaving out the massive dead cap space that's a consequence of the Skinner buyout (you know, the one done last year with the idea it gave us additional cap space for that season that Kevyn Smithers did ***** all with).