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Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
Nobody is asking for 6 elite defencemen. We just feel engelland is not very good even as a 6th dman. The reality is he will have to move up in the lineup due to injuries. I don't like how people think because we made e playoffs with him as our 4th dman means he's a good 6th dman for that cap hit. He is quite physical but he doesn't protect anybody out there. Nobody is going to be prevented from doing something by bollig or engelland. Especially not the Kings.
Also he is a burden on whoever he plays with he can't make simple passes and his skating is the worst of the d core. I think we need to get rid of bollig engelland and Raymond. They aren't actually contributing much sadly. Their spots could be taken by younger players like shore, klimchuk, Poirier and granny. I hope granlund makes the team this year and we at least ship out Raymond!
We need to focus on contracts that we could do without. We have a lot of key signings coming up in the near future. I'd like us to make space and keep Hudler and russell who are 2 key players for us imo, we can't afford to not have enough cap when it comes time to pay those 2, but obviously our young guns Come first.
Any of the following:
Stajan, Jones, Raymond, engelland, smid, bollig, hiller/ramo and potentially widemans contracts could be gone in the next 2 seasons.
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Of course there are contracts that the Flames could do without, nobody is debating that we NEED Engelland on our team. He's just not a big issue like 2-3 posters are making him out to be. It's our 6/7 defenseman spot and of course we've overpaid for some veterans. At the time it was to stay above the cap-floor. At this time, it's still not the end of the world as those contracts will expire once our young guys need big money.
Just because we 'can' do without them doesn't mean we need to. For instance, to get rid of Raymonds contract we would have to package him with a decent prospect as he has negative value. Or you can just staple him to the press-box and wait for his contract to expire. Scenario A you lose a positive asset. Scenario B you don't.
You're not paying these players salaries so you shouldn't be worried about their cap hit. It's not like we're going to trade Gaudreau because we can't afford to sign him due to veteran contracts..