I would perfer Cammy over Stempniak over the next 3 - 5 years. I think we need to keep one. I would sign him to a front loaded 5 year deal so that after year 3 he is tradalbe if we need cap space or he wants out. Something like 8,8,8,4,2 for an AAV of 6. The flames can easily afford it budget wise and easily tradable for the last 2 years even if he is just a 20 goal guy at that point.
Barring other changes We would have 1 opening in the top 9 and 1 or 2 openings on the 4th line. So Gaudreau and Poirer compete for the top 9 spot and the guys like Ferland and Hanowski compete for that 4th line spot. As we have seen this year injuries well allow at least 1 more person into the line up in a top 9 role so generally we will have 2 rookies in the top 9 and 1 in the bottom 3.
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