The Flames aren't going to take advantage of teams that are richer than them, and the really poor teams (NYI, Tampa) will probably be taken advantage of by teams that are richer than the Flames, like the Leafs. Feaster's talk of taking advantage of teams in this position will probably lead to nothing, or maybe a minor move.
The days of the Flames being poor are gone, but no chance they can afford this contract. There are probably ~10 teams in the league that can outspend the Flames, and some teams that can spend 4x as much as them, and then there are the Leafs that probably made 100 million in operating income this year. Bryz, Dipietro, Vinny etc are just all out of the question for us
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