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Originally Posted by kyuss275
I don't like the argument that if you have cap space it is all right to just hand it out to players even if their play can not match it.
If we go by that, then why not give Butler $3 million since he will be on the team and we have space. Ramo played some NHL games way back when, could be our starter, we got cap space, might as well give him $4 million.
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We didn't just hand it out to Jones. Colorado signed Jones. Of course it doesn't mean we should overpay our own RFA's. That would be silly. I'm saying you can afford to overpay for a few UFA's or acquire a few overpriced players in the next few years of our rebuild because we won't be as tight to the cap. As long as you don't have any crazy long terms deals it shouldn't affect you ability to re-sign your rebuilding core.
So would you have been okay with the trade if Jones made 2.5 million and we paid 1.5 million of Tanguay's salary for the next few years? Cause that is the same bottom line to the Flames.