Cammalleri at this stage is not someone the Flames should be offering term to.
I would much rather prefer that the Flames go out and obtain high-priced expiring contracts from other teams (i.e. Havlat) for an incentive - even if that incentive is minor. Flames hit the cap floor, get 'something' for taking a bad contract on, and still have the possibility of flipping that contract at the TD for something better.
I like Cammalleri and all, but he is yet another small forward, and his best years are more than likely behind him. With that being said, I wouldn't mind him back on a 3 year or less term. More than that and you run the risk of carrying an over-paid contract at a time where the Flames will at least be having to re-sign their higher end prospects, and Cammalleri's contract may throw salary structure off. Flames may be competing at year 3 or 4, and that runs the risk of being a bit of an anchor.
Cammalleri fits in short-term quite nicely, but I don't think he fits long-term at all.
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