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This would be a good target for the Pens if they could somehow get rid of JJ's contract 🤔

Pending unrestricted free agent Alex Pietrangelo is starting to feel the pressure when it comes to which team he'll play for next season.

"It's been a little disappointing that (the St. Louis Blues and I) haven't been able to get a deal done, obviously," Pietrangelo said, according to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun. "But this is the situation that we're in, we're over three weeks away from Oct. 9 (the beginning of free agency). ... There hasn't been much in terms of progress."

The 30-year-old signed a seven-year deal with the Blues in 2013 and has spent his entire career with the club that drafted him fourth overall in 2008. He's served as St. Louis' captain for four seasons.


Pietrangelo will be one of the biggest names in free agency if he hits the open market. He expressed his desire to stay in St. Louis but understands it may be difficult for the team to make room for him with just over $5 million in cap space this season.

"Yeah, I mean, there's players who have been in one spot their whole career but they change cities," Pietrangelo said. "I've been in the business a long time. I've been around. I've seen a lot of different things. I think you have to be willing to accept the fact that there may be a change one day. Whether it happens or not, it certainly changes your mindset and makes things a little easier if you ever get to that point."

He added: "My wife's family is here. We're really close to her family and my family is close with her family. But again, by the same token, it's a short period of time of your life in terms of trying to play the game. You just want to make the right choice for your family and do what's right."

Pietrangelo put up 16 goals and 52 points in 70 games during the 2019-20 regular season after helping lead the Blues to a Stanley Cup victory last year.
 
Holy crap! The Dallas Stars, a team that fired their coach earlier in the season, took an interim head coach and just upset their way into the Stanley Cup Finals! Dallas hasn't had any Big 4 success since 2011 so it will be fun the have a trophy to case for another couple of weeks.
 
I want Tampa to win because they're insanely fun to watch and I love their style. Also this:

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A Dallas Stars player called Ryan Reaves an “ugly mutt”

I don't want to write this, but I get the feeling no one else will. The Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars are playing an elimination game on Monday night with tensions high. Late in the first period, Vegas forward...
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Jonathan Y said:
Congrats to Dallas!!! Crazy series!

The city is buzzing today. Everyone downtown is in their Bolts blue. Today feels like the day we return to the finals, for the first time in many moons, in pursuit of cup #2!
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Congrats to Rick Bowness 👏 on making it to the big dance for the first time in his career.
 
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