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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
When you're a cap team (which the flames will be), that $1.5 will be the difference between $1.5 and $3 for someone else too
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Wideman will likely be gone as a result of Russell signing, I don't think this is a problem personally. He's getting older and with how slow he already is, I don't think the Flames will be the ones giving him his next contract that will take him to his late 30s.
You don't want to overpay any player in the cap world but I don't think 3.5-4m is an overpayment for a 4/5 guy (which is what I think Russell is. Term is important, hopefully it's 3-4 years tops.
We have enough quality depth in the organization to build around Gio, Brodie, Hamilton and Russell. I could see Andersson or Kulak on the team full time next year. That only leave two spots to worry about.
I just don't think Russell's next contract is going to be a problem for us. It comes down to if you like Russell or not I guess.