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Originally Posted by Dienasty
2 year deals don't blow up in your face. Period. Especially at less then 3 mill on a team that is no where near the cap.
The guy could be making 7 m per year in the k, I like the fact that he turned down money to prove his skills in the best league in the year.
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Not only is this contract meaningless to the Flames in their cap situation, but there are a lot of outs to.
If Ramo plays like crap, guaranteed we can loan him to the KHL or he'll fail to report and walk away. Ramo isn't going to spend two years in the AHL with the option of returning to the KHL as a champion on the table.
Worst case scenario, Ramo blows this year. The Flames end up at the bottom of the league. We get a big draft pick, which based on the rest of the lineup, is kind of the plan.
No risk move here. Potentially massive upside if Ramo brings his recent play in the KHL into the NHL. 2.75 mil/year on 2 years is nothing.