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Originally Posted by Jake
I said this summer.
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I know... buy up the best guys you can this summer on short-term deals and then flip them at the deadline.
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Originally Posted by Jake
I doubt the Flames will be able to get any good UFAs on short term contracts with no NTC's. Those terms are not exactly enticing to a coveted free agent.
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Well yes the "covetted" free agents won't accept those terms they'll get better ones. But the guys you buy don't have to be "coveted"... you can buy a middling guy there are lot's of those available. If they have a good year and we're out of it then flip them at the deadline. If they don't... oh well, they're not a longterm committment.
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Originally Posted by Jake
Therefore, I think the Flames should save the cap space until the exact type of player they want comes along.
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You can't "save" cap space. It can't be banked. We absolutely should use the cap space, it shouldn't just be left fallow... if you leave it vacant then it's a pure waste. That's why I just want short-term deals... actually I'd like 1 year deals (and people will take short-term/1 year deals if the price is right. Alex Semin took one year deals like 3 years in a row, Tanguay took a cheap 1 year redemption deal). With compliance buyout folk and all the regular UFA's there will be people who will take a one year moveable deal with decent $$ attached).
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Originally Posted by Jake
This year, the only players I would offer a Hudler/Wideman type contract to are Clarkson, Filppula and Roy... but definitely not all 3.
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I wouldn't even want Roy... Clarkson and Filppula I'm down with but I'd rather stay away from Roy.