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Originally Posted by wingmaker
This is just fear mongering. The Flames roster is littered with cap friendly contracts...Glencross, Giordano, Hudler, Russel, etc. A signing for a depth defenseman with a 2.9 av does not throw everything else out the window. Furthermore, if an rfa wanted to find a comparible to justify a big raise, they are better off using examples of overpayments around the league for players that more directly compare to them.
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That kind of proves my point. All of those guys are UFAs and will need to be negotiated with by the time Engellands contract is off the books. And if you don't think agents use other guys contracts in negotiations you are kidding yourself...