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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Plus, you can't trade away too many of the higher priced vets, because you do have the cap floor to think about.
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Of the young guys, we can send Granlund down and call him back up after the deadline, like they did this year. Granlund still has plenty of room to improve his personal game. I expect the same for Wotherspoon, though ideally he starts next season with the big club and other guys get his minutes in Stockton.
Of the vets, Smid('s contract) and Engelland are probably here to stay. I can also see us bringing Schlemko back.
Bollig and Raymond might be on the out, which is about 6m in cap space give or take that we have to recoup if we trade them. There's a chance we retain salary on them, too, which could be a good thing.
Add in about 1.8 for the difference between Ortio's pay and Ramo's pay, so 7.8 mil.
Backlund, Bouma, Jooris, Byron, Ferland should all be on increased pay next season.
If Jones is traded, it probably it won't be until the deadline, so most of his 4M cap hit will be under the Flames. He might not be traded at all, though.
...I'm sure we'll hit the cap floor even if we move Bollig and Raymond.
Staying under the cap in 2016-17 is going to be way, way, way harder.