Honestly, in the situation the Flames are in, evaluating whether a signing is good or not doesn't involve looking at the salary number.
I'd rather the Flames have signed Engelland at $6.9 million a season than at $0.9 million a season. $0.9 million means that the Flames might have had to sign ANOTHER player to get to the cap floor.
In the Flames situation in getting to the cap floor, overpayment is better than underpayment for players like this.
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