The Nashville Predators have the moveable pieces (including Kyle Turris, Nick Bonino and Calle Jarnkrok) to open up around $12-13 million in cap space, which could be a gateway to offer sheeting the Winnipeg Jets young star.
Acquiring the services of Patrik Laine would be huge, but even if the Winnipeg Jets match the offer, it could force their division rival into an awful cap situation that they might not be able to get out of.
We already saw the Jets part ways with Jacob Trouba, Tyler Myers and Kevin Hayes this summer, and if David Poile ponies up with a $12 million offer sheet for Patrick Laine it could cause some serious decisions to be made by Winnipeg’s front office.