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Originally Posted by Wolven
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.
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.
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I agree that some fans would trade every veteran over 28 this summer just to go with youth. I don't think that is the way to go.
As for the 2nd part, i am not sure that i would want Cammi at $6 million a year for 3 years? Yes the flames have the cap space, but i truley believe that when signing a player you better be able to get out of that contract through trade if you need to go in a differnet direction or open a spot for a youngster.
Flames have some LW's in the system coming up and they have Glencross for 2 more years. Sure you can play Cammi at RW, but he plays way better at LW. Don't even get me started with putting him at center.
Like you i think he is gone at the deadline. I also think we will be having this discussion next summer about Glencross and what could be his final year as a flame.