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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Flash, can you guide me through how those moves were only designed as moves to get the Blackhawks to the cap floor?
It would all be news to me. I quickly looked at capgeek but couldn't go back to 2005-2006 and going off memory I can't remember anyone suggesting those were cap moves at the time.
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From memory, after they signed Aucoin they were at a payroll of 19 million, the cap floor being 24 (?).
They aren't charles wang, pick up a goalie for 5 million cap hit and not pay him cap floor moves, but, SOMEONE has to get paid money, and someone has to be decent. You can't just throw out Keith and seabrook at 20 years old and expect them to play 25 minutes a night as a #1 defensemen. Just like you couldn't run with seth jones as your #1 guy next year without killing his development and being a laughing stock of an organization. Similarly, you can't trade Iginla and play Baertschi 21 minutes a night, either. If the Flames deal Iginla, I would expect they would sign someone in free agency to attempt to supplement the lost offense. Brad Richards for 9 years and 65 million? No. A legitimate top line guy for 5-6 million for 3-4 years? Sure.
The caps signed Chris Clark to an overpaid contract as a loser because someone has to get paid some money and not be killed on a nightly basis.