Yeah we are talking about trading pending UFA's. If anything setting the market is better than not. Remember 2 years ago we couldn't get a 2nd for Cammy but a year later a guy like Winnik gets a 2nd. The market was strong last year and weak the year before. I hope the Flames dangle their rentals soon as we got 2 good ones in Hudler and Russell that are both too expensive to keep and small.
I also hope Treliving can figure out a way to dump some of that bad money for next year that includes Smid, Engellend, Wideman, Raymond, Bollig. That is about $16M in cap space for bottom end forwards and D (Wideman is a top 4 but paid like a 2-3). I hope the Flames can add pieces to the team with the cap space. Chunks will be eaten up by the Monahan, Gaudreau, Gio extensions. If Brad wants this team to bounce back he needs a goalie, 2 top 6 forwards and a Dman
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