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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
As I posted in the other thread, the capspace is hardly anything at all. I would like McKenzie to explain the $4M in space unless he is referring to Dion being salary locked in and Stajan, White, Mayers, etc. being salary that is not locked in, rendering the trade Dion for Hagman? 
Okay, out goes:
Phaneuf ($6.5M)
Sjostrom ($0.75M)
Total: $7.25M
In comes:
Hagman ($3.0M)
Stajan ($1.75M)
Mayers ($1.33M)
White ($0.85)
Total: $6.93M
Difference: $320,000 |
You can only balance a 4 player vs 4 player salary cap comparison.
If we've got 4 new players in, then 4 players must be out. What you aren't factoring in is the 2 players that get sent down or sat. So Backlund and Lundmark for another 2 million or so or whoever else you wanna pick. What is interesting is if you think longer term and that the players being subtracted might include Sarich or Jokinen. That starts to give the Flames crazy options for allocating salary in the future.