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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Get what you are saying. I however don't believe that teams really try to go "scorched-earth" when rebuilding. I think its more thrust upon them when the quality veterans don't want to stick around, and the quality veterans on the UFA market don't want to go to a rebuild team.
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Agreed. It is not the team is trying to take a scorched-earth approach to the rebuild. But you can definitely tell that there are a number of fans that have gone overboard with their desire to blow the team up until all we have left are 18-23 year olds and a stockpile of draftpicks.
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Originally Posted by kyuss275
I have no problem if they extend Cammi at a reasonable price, but i don't see it happening. Cammi as a UFA can sign just about anywhere at a reasonable price. Not sure what Calgary would have to offer if they are not paying over market value?
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I do not really see why it would matter if the Flames re-sign Cammalleri at a reasonable price or a wildly inflated price. As things stand now, we have a lot of cap space and no immediate need to free up more space. I fully expect that if the Flames were to extend Cammalleri, it would be an overpayment to compensate him for staying here to be a leader in the rebuild instead of moving on to a playoff team.
If we keep paying him $6M for the next 3 years it likely wouldn't impact our ability to sign other players or make trades.
My expectation is still that Cammalleri will be traded at the deadline and I believe the return for him will be good but I also see the value in keeping him on the team if he is willing to embrace that role.