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Originally Posted by FAN
Ramo is in a completely different situation. He's signed for another year. If he proves himself to be a capable #1 goalie the Flames might be willing to simply go with him for another year or even more. But if he completely ####s the bed or clearly isn't #1 goalie material, the Flames might have problems, because they might not want to have him in the AHL or serve as a backup goaltender making $2.9M in actual dollars. So what can the Flames do if they feel they can't go with Ramo and Berra as a tandem another season? Ramo's contract makes him practically immovable.
Keep in mind that with Burke here, there's no guarantee that the Flames want to continue being well under the cap. It's possible that with Monahan's development, Burke sees an opportunity to compete for the playoffs as soon as next season. Burke also isn't the most patient with inadequate goaltending.
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You keep attempting to argue that Ramo's contract is some massive albatross that will become a problem for the team. You seem to be pretty much alone in that view - it simply isn't.
1) it will take time to determine what Ramo is - likely this full season at least. If he fails, there is only one more year on the contract at $2.75m - not that big of a deal.
2) as has been pointed out to you more than once, if he fails and is not going to play for the Flames next year, it seems very likely that both he and the Flames would entertain the KHL. If that were the case, his cap hit would be gone.
It is not the big deal that you are trying to make it out to be.
Oh, and then there is the fact that he has been fantastic in the last two games - something that you also seem to have ignored.