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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Depending on what happens, maybe having Bouwmeester on the team will be good. Between him and Stajan we've got 1/6th of the cap taken care of next year, so not much further to the cap floor.
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i don't think the flames will ever be in a position to be striving for the cap floor.
how much worse would this d-group really be with giordano/wideman/brodie and then 3 sarich equivalents. I think younger versions of Sarich ~3 million are usually available, and the flames should use that approach till fill out the roster until they are able to build some quality D through the draft.
I think of bouwmeester the same way i think of jokinen. Maybe an ok player, not a winner, so though they bring up the individual skill level at their position, it is more valuable to have them OFF your team (unless they are dropped on the depth chart and playing a less critical role, of course, their salary doesn't dictate that, so bad idea).
Ecstatic when it was official jokinen wasn't coming back, will be happy when #4 is also. Hopefully we don't have to give up 2nd round picks just to have a team willing to bite.