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Old 11-11-2009, 10:35 AM   #8
stuck_in_chuk
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Originally Posted by bubbsy View Post
i disagree with the topic.

The calgary flames would find it difficult to consistently be competitive in the NHL without the salary cap.

The team has gone through the 90s and early 2000s and were able to sustain their existence.

The cap just gives them the means to ice a competitive product league wide, without the Toronto's/NY's of the league to buy up all the top end talent.
There were a lot of years between 1967 and the start of the salary cap for Toronto to buy a cup, but it never happened.
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