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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
There are several threads already discussing this.
The problem with assessing the cap, even one year forward, is that there are so many variables, and so many assumptions that have to be made.
Do we pencil Monahan in for $4M on a bridge contract? $6M longer term? $7M?
That's only one player, and whatever assumption you make has a pretty profound impact on the next 22 assumptions that you have to make.
For me, there is always turnover on the roster. As long as you avoid the really terrible contracts, there should be plenty of room. And really, what are the Flames' worst contracts? Raymond and Engelland? Both about $3M and only 2 years left. Big deal.
Hudler, Jones, Russell, Hiller and Ramo are all UFAs at the end of this season. That's $18.9M. That offers a fair amount of flexibility.
The following year, Raymond, Bollig, Wideman, Smid and Engelland are all UFAs. That's another $16.1M. That provides a lot more flexibility.
As long as a team has ELC players that can contribute, there shouldn't be a problem. And the Flames have an abundance of prospects that could be ready to step up over the next three years.
Personally, I have absolutely no concerns whatsoever about the cap at this point.
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Yeah I don't think the sky is falling but as a fan of the team I find it interesting to discuss what your priorities would be. In your analysis, you freed up almost $19 million in cap space next year. How would you spend that money?
Re-sign a guy that was top 10 in league scoring this year?
Re-sign one of the more underrated d- men in the league?
Go with Ortio and Gilllies in net?
Sign Johnny and Monahan to long term deals?
Allocate some to Giordano's new deal?
Lots of moving parts but not sure you can do all of it.
My take is that Gio is the priority for the club and if they can sign him to something halfway reasonable they will (I would like to see 5/$35). After that I think they let Hudler play out his contract. They won't go with Ortio and Gillies and so I believe Flames will be in the trade market for a goalie over the next year. Russell could be part of a trade there.