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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Its not just about the actual dollar amount of cap space saved.
You have to take into account that Dion's salary is now paying several players. That changes the entire salary structure of the team and how much you can afford to pay forwards in the future. You replace a 6.5 million guy on defense with a guy making less than 2 million.
Dealing Sarich still could happen and it by itself would not have had the dramatic salary cap changing implications for years that his Phaneuf deal will have. Sutter can in the future (especially if Jokinen's salary goes poof) allocate Phaneuf's salary to one premiere forward, or several mid-range forwards. That may have drastic implications for our scoring depth without having hurt the defense too much if at all.
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Sarich could be replaced by anyone, he's pretty much press box. Kronwall (0.5M) could replace him: 3.1M saved.
Phaneuf deal: subtract 6.5M, add White (0.5), add Stajan (1.75), add Hagman (3), Mayers (1.3) subtract three forwards (Backlund 1.3, Lundmark (0.6), ? ~1). ~2.85 saved.
Completely unnecessary if we're just making room for Kovalchuk, although yes, White is way more cap effective than Phaneuf, which pays for a quality forward in Hagman. Probably displaces some cap effective guys though, like Lundmark.
We'll have to see what happens with all the extra forwards though, can't really do a proper accounting until then.