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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Yeah it is not panic time but something will have to give in order to keep Hudler and Russell. I am not convinced that there all these cap floor teams interested in Stajan, Engelland, Raymond and Wideman.
I remember Treliving defending the Engelland signing, admitting the salary looked high but they really liked him, brought intangibles, it was only a three year term and they had the cap space. There is a lesson in here somewhere - don't spend any money you don't need to. Things change quickly.
Flames really capitalized on the cap flexibility they had. Adding Hamilton and Frolik to the team and losing nothing this offseason. Those days are over. Further changes will require at least equal parts subtraction.
Treliving and Burke have done a nice job and team looks so much better than 18 months ago. But I give them relatively poor grades on negotiating team friendly contracts. More negatives (Raymond, Engelland, Stajan) than positives (Brodie). Most others are where they should be.
Will be interesting to see if BT can pull off a hockey trade that helps the situation.
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Agree with your post in general, but the Hamilton contract looks excellent right now.