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Fire of the Phoenix · 06-10-2015, 07:44 PM

I should add he has a total of $11.25m tied up into three imaginary free agents, there's no reason to think the Flames go in that direction. That's 70% of Kessel's salary right there. There are so many ways to slice and dice this... there's a million different scenarios and different ways to allocate the money. I wouldn't assume the Flames are going to blow their brains out on every extension (especially RFAs) and sign a bunch of mid tier free agents to bloat the budget. I think Treliving is a conservative GM and I don't see us within even $5m of the cap by opening day in 2016.

Raymond+Stajan+Engelland+Smid+imaginary free agents account for almost $25m in this 'forecast' and that's without the absurd deals to the RFAs factored in. Also, there is no way Mony/JH get 6x6's next season, we're not the Oilers. They'll get their big pay days on their third contracts IMO. I'll predict it right now, both Monahan and Gaudreau sign identical 2 year $4.5m contracts next summer.

Really this forecast is the ultimate worst case scenario, nothing more.

06-10-2015, 07:44 PM	#312
Fire of the Phoenix #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Northern Crater Exp:	I should add he has a total of $11.25m tied up into three imaginary free agents, there's no reason to think the Flames go in that direction. That's 70% of Kessel's salary right there. There are so many ways to slice and dice this... there's a million different scenarios and different ways to allocate the money. I wouldn't assume the Flames are going to blow their brains out on every extension (especially RFAs) and sign a bunch of mid tier free agents to bloat the budget. I think Treliving is a conservative GM and I don't see us within even $5m of the cap by opening day in 2016. Raymond+Stajan+Engelland+Smid+imaginary free agents account for almost $25m in this 'forecast' and that's without the absurd deals to the RFAs factored in. Also, there is no way Mony/JH get 6x6's next season, we're not the Oilers. They'll get their big pay days on their third contracts IMO. I'll predict it right now, both Monahan and Gaudreau sign identical 2 year $4.5m contracts next summer. Really this forecast is the ultimate worst case scenario, nothing more. Last edited by Fire of the Phoenix; 06-10-2015 at 07:50 PM.