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Originally Posted by Gaskal
From Kent Wilson @FlamesNation.
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Monahan and Gaudreau are too high unless they sign 5+ year deals. I think the Flames will likely bridge the two of them for a combined total of around $8m-$9m AAV for a couple of seasons. Hudler's an easy decision not to sign at $5.75m, that's way too much for him at his age. If he was 28-29 I'd keep him around but we don't need mid 30s Hudler at nearly $6m for what is likely 5-6 years.
I think Gillies will factor into things more than I think Ortio will get $3m next summer. For Ortio to get that, he'd need to steal Hiller's job and start 50+ games. Even if he proves himself a great backup (that's not guaranteed) there's no way he gets 2x3m next summer.
Really looking at it, Calgary's roster/contract situation is a GM's dream. Everyone not in the plans is off the books by 2018 and a there's a bunch of good young players currently on their ELCs to build around. Anyone else 'in the way' like Raymond could probably be disposed of easily enough. That roster is extremely malleable and can really be taken any way management chooses.
There might not look like a lot of room for a guy like Kessel but if a guy like Sather can do what he does in New York, there's no reason to think Treliving couldn't work the cap here in a similar fashion. There's a lot of expiring contracts and moveable pieces there, things aren't nearly as tight as they appear. That second year looks like Kevin Lowe took over FFS. No way it ends up even close to that.