The St. Louis Blues cap situation was not friendly to them to begin the offseason, though even with the financial capabilities to spend big money, there was not a glaring hole that the team needed to fill.
After signing all but two of their restricted free agents, St. Louis has about $5 million in cap space remaining. The Blues still need to resign Ivan Barbashev and Joel Edmundson, but their eyes are not focused solely on the 2019-20 season.
The Blues will have two big-time players hit the open market at the conclusion of the upcoming season, and if they want to retain both Brayden Schenn and Alex Pietrangelo, they need to be stingy with their money.