Difference between St. L and Calgary Management teams. Currently, before dumping D'Agostini's 1.6 cap hit they were 14M .... 14M (Bouwmeester and Iginla) behind the Flames in cap spending.
They are in great position to pick up the Flames buyout players (Bouwmeester/Cammalleri) for a million or 2 like they did with Redden. There will be a lot of Redden's and Gomez's floating around next year as the cap spending team drop 6M from their caps.
St. L. in good position to make the playoffs for another year deals with getting rid of someone who does not fit into their long-term plans rather than picking up a bunch of 2nd-3rd liners to fill in on the playoff run in case of injury.
D'Agostini as a upcoming RFA would have to be qualified at 1.8 to 1.9 M or become a UFA.
That is too much for a Stempniak level player.
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