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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
Seriously? Having his 3.8 mil off the books gives them more flexibility. You don't pay a goalie that much money to be injury insurance. It's not the worst thing that he's going to Stockton, but I'm willing to bet Treliving was praying he would get claimed.
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Sure, you don't pay a guy that much money to be injury insurance, but what exactly is the cap implications right now that you need to be worried about?
I would agree with you if Calgary was near the cap, and/or if Ramo had more than 1 year of term.
Obviously Ramo wasn't signed to be an insurance policy. It has been beaten to death it seems that the Flames were wanting to move Hiller, but that didn't happen. Now you have a 3.8 injury insurance contract for a year. Ideal? Far from it. But from an experience level in Ortio and Gillies, it really isn't such a terrible thing if Hiller goes down. Beats having to spend more assets on a goalie, or trying to find a bargain-basement FA available who has to learn the system (and yes, goalies absolutely have to learn a team's system). It is really not the end of the world, especially this year.