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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
How did you define the top 4 forwards? Top 4 paid or top 4 scorers? The current Flames top 4 forwards pay wise would be Jones, Hudler, Stajan, Raymond combine for under 15 million. The Flames have to be considered at least a playoff contender. I get the idea that the current top 4 guys in play are Gaudreau, Monahan, Hudler, Backlund who last year combined to make under 8 is going to get substantially more expensive and will get a makeover in terms of personell.
I know I would want to get certainty on the costs of Monahan, Gaudreau, and Giordano before I started to add higher cost players with termed contracts, or at least the riskier style ones. As an example Kessel and Phaneuf I consider as higher risk contracts than say Cory Schneider.
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Just the highest 4 forward contracts per team and the highest 3 defenseman contracts by cap hit. Didn't use the flames because I wanted to know what the average of
other teams were to determine where Calgary may have to be in 2017-18 season.
In a Cap world the law of averages should tell you the best way to distribute your money (in this case on the top 7), if you are significantly higher than average (37.7 per) say 45/46 you might be in cap trouble (see Chicago at 47.6). If you overpay your top 3 defensemen you will likely have to have a lower payroll for your top 4 forwards (see Montreal).
The thread title should have a ? in it - I wanted to see how other teams distribute their cap money among those players and see how our players may fit into those averages and peoples thoughts on the mix between your forwards and dmen.
We need to be careful adding bad contracts or high priced players that do not perform, even older players with large cap hits where their future performance is less known. A bad contract in your top 7 is a boat anchor and limits your leverage and ability to make moves.
I dont think you can have over 40 million tied up in the top seven - most of those teams are in trouble this year an have less ability to sign their RFA's or add depth in their bottom 6.