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Originally Posted by Parallex
I know... buy up the best guys you can this summer on short-term deals and then flip them at the deadline.
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.
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).
I wouldn't even want Roy... Clarkson and Filppula I'm down with but I'd rather stay away from Roy.
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I don't think we really disagree about anything here. If the Flames can get a decent FA on a 1 year contract, that would be great. It is the 4-5 year contracts that I want Feaster to be very careful with. If Feaster throws big money at Clowe for 1 year, I would have no problem with that.
I'm on the fence about Roy. He has been trending down for a couple of years now. On the other hand, Filppula hasn't been very good this season either. Either way, those guys will be sought after and are going to get long 3+ year contracts at substantial cap hits (4+ million). Are either of them worth that commitment? I'm not sure.