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Originally Posted by Parallex
You can't guarentee that... maybe the other teams will need to send back a player because their own list is full, the Flames might need to take on a contract for salary cap purposes (ours or theirs), maybe the best deal is one that involves taking on extra contracts. On top of all of our own property guys that we'd want signed.
I'd rather the Flames keep it as simple as possible then edge closer to complications so that they can sign a 23 year old guy whose development curve in the NCAA was effectively flat in terms of statlines.
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It seems like you just don't like the signing based on the stats, but we got a decent asset for free. As much as stats don't tell the whole story, for example he had one point less than Laganiere who after his fourth year this past season was a highly sought after college free agent. He stood out in development camp about as much as the other college guys his age. If he went back to college it's all but guaranteed there would be multiple teams bidding on him next spring. By adding him we have another prospect with some potential filling an AHL spot rather than an AHL vet.
Even if you can't be convinced of the worthiness of the signing on it's own, you're making an issue out of nothing in your mind about the roster spot. There will be three or four roster spots open depending on whether Monahan makes the team. This is plenty to do what you're talking about. Those college guys you listed may not all be done their seasons early enough to play with the Flames and that may not be what both parties want at the time either. It's not guaranteed that we move more players out than we bring in, but it's overwhelmingly likely and it certainly won't be hard to ship out vets for picks if the need arises. Based on the number of roster forwards we have now many are even speculating somebody gets shipped out before the regular season starts.