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Originally Posted by trackercowe
With the lineup we should be icing the next couple years, there won't need to be any planning. As long management doesn't intend on trading futures or signing high priced UFA's were bound to be in the lottery mix in two years.
Not saying that's what would be best, but why fight the tide in this case?
Next year we're going to be in a division with LA, San Jose, Anaheim, Phoenix, Vancouver, and Edmonton. In two years what teams do you honestly see Calgary finishing ahead of? Maybe Phoenix if they're still even in our division, but that's about it (unless one of the other teams blows things up).
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There is absolutely no way that the Flames are as bad as they were this year next year and the playoff teams not as good.
Hartley, King, Feaster will all be fired and out of hockey if the Flames are as bad. There is no way that Feaster ices a tanking line-up as his job in hockey will be on the line. New GM would likely mean whole new organization.
The Flames have always spent to the cap, they have lots of cap space to buy UFA's in a market where all other teams have to cut down.
Teams that are currently spending to the cap (most of the playoff teams) will be buying out under-achievers AND will not have cap space to bid on the UFA's.
The Pens have 7.8 M to sign 5-6 players to fill in their rosters.... Means UFA Iginla, Morrow, Murray, Dupuis and cooke will not be signed by the Pens .
The Hawks have 2M left to keep RFA Leddy and a goalie and another roster player..... Means Rosinval and Stalberg and Bickell are not Hawks next year.
If you don't see that big bodies Bickell and Stallberg make Baertschi and Hudler and Cammalleri better you just are not paying attention,
If Horton, Clarkson, Iginla, Regehr, Clowe, Ryder, Morrow, Cooke, Dupuis, Douglas murray do not sign with the Flames... who will they sign with? For how much ? and how does that team work them under the cap?
The Flames can basically figure out which ones of these UFA's they want and make them reasonable offers and they will be Flames.
The Flames are in their best position to become a playoff team since they signed Bouwmeester for so much more cap space than he was / is worth.