Plus that was 12 years for 90.
It didn’t work out but a 50 point dman for 6.5 isn’t a bad risk to take (at the time)
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Plus that was 12 years for 90.
No it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
The point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Uncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Fowler is a really good defenseman. Walman is questionable at best.BalotelliMassive wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 14:17 pmFowler is nearing the end of the road...Walman is not.
I meant Krug, but yeah, even 40 is nothing to sneeze at
There was no major talk about cap explosion any time soon at that time. I dont need google. Contracts reflected that. Many felt Faulk was overpaid and that the term was ridiculousBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.
I didn’t say cap explosion. You did say Faulk was re-signed during COVID. Which is untrue. Simple stuff.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 17:46 pmThere was no major talk about cap explosion any time soon at that time. I dont need google. Contracts reflected that. Many felt Faulk was overpaid and that the term was ridiculousBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.
Oh a few months before. Die on that hill lolBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 18:43 pmI didn’t say cap explosion. You did say Faulk was re-signed during COVID. Which is untrue. Simple stuff.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 17:46 pmThere was no major talk about cap explosion any time soon at that time. I dont need google. Contracts reflected that. Many felt Faulk was overpaid and that the term was ridiculousBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.
Yea, the truth is silly.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 18:46 pmOh a few months before. Die on that hill lolBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 18:43 pmI didn’t say cap explosion. You did say Faulk was re-signed during COVID. Which is untrue. Simple stuff.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 17:46 pmThere was no major talk about cap explosion any time soon at that time. I dont need google. Contracts reflected that. Many felt Faulk was overpaid and that the term was ridiculousBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.
“Times” silly. Bad c tract during covid times. Krug tooBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 18:47 pmYea, the truth is silly.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 18:46 pmOh a few months before. Die on that hill lolBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 18:43 pmI didn’t say cap explosion. You did say Faulk was re-signed during COVID. Which is untrue. Simple stuff.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 17:46 pmThere was no major talk about cap explosion any time soon at that time. I dont need google. Contracts reflected that. Many felt Faulk was overpaid and that the term was ridiculousBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.
Agree. The Faulk contract was good for the Blues.Harry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Covid…..covid….lolBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.
Is anyone shocked?rezero wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 09:46 amCovid…..covid….lolBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.
You are debating with an idiot. The reason that guy is so unsuccessful in life is because of his inability to admit mistakes (well that and his acute case of schizophrenia). The world knows that the first outbreak of covid was Dec 2019 in Wuhan China.
I don't know about "explosion" but it was pretty good financial times in America. The cap absolutely looked to be going UP, UP, UPBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 18:43 pmI didn’t say cap explosion. You did say Faulk was re-signed during COVID. Which is untrue. Simple stuff.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 17:46 pmThere was no major talk about cap explosion any time soon at that time. I dont need google. Contracts reflected that. Many felt Faulk was overpaid and that the term was ridiculousBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:34 pmUncertainty was high 6 months before COVID?theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:29 pmThe point is that the money was tight. Cap was lower. Uncertainty was high. Covid started months after, although who knows when it actually startedBarksdale's People wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 16:25 pmNo it wasn’t, Blues extended Faulk in Sept. of ‘19.theograce wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:32 pmThat 6.5 was during Covid times man. Has nothing to do with contracts todayHarry S Deals wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 15:25 pm 421GP 45 155 200pts +34 Justin Faulk in STL...I'll take that for $6.5 million right now and Faulks contract is up next season if hes still here. No issues for me at all
Again, no it wasn’t. The Blues signed Faulk when most would assume the cap would rise as it always had before and now is again.
This information is all available via a simple google search. There are plenty of things to criticize (like Krug) without making things up.