Should the Flames secure a UFA dman or one via trade at 5.5 per season and the top 3 dmen cap hits are 17.5 per - which would place the Flames second highest in this list, only Montreal higher.
Top 4 forwards, Gaudreau, Monahan, Bennett (assume 16.5) plus the 4th forward at 5.5 per season - total of 22.0
Total cap hit on top 7 players would be 39.5 which would place the flames at 3rd highest, only Chicago and Minnesota would have more tied up in top 7 players.
If Monahan and Gaudreau have a similar year this season, we wont be signing them to shorter cheaper 2 year deals like Johansen. Couture got 6 per and Landeskog 5.6 per, I think Tarasenko goes over 6.5 on a 6 or 7 year deal. If Bennett performs to expectations we could very well have these three on longer term deals in the 18.0 per range.
There could be scenarios that push us well over the 40.0 mark with our top 7 players with out signing any high priced forwards.
As Jason14h says - please no longer term deals (past 16-17) for high priced talent until we see how Bennett develops.
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