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Originally Posted by sureLoss
$ 30 million coming off the books in the next 2 years sounds great until you factor that the Monahan, Gaudreau, and Bennett extensions that have to be signed in the next 2 years will likely mean they will use close to half that $30 million combined. Salary cap is also not expected to increase a lot in the next few years.
$15 million to replace 9 players and I doubt the Flames will break in more than 3 or 4 players on ELCs into the NHL during the next 2 years.
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Absolutely agree. That doesn't make Gio's contract necessarily bad. The albatross that is our #4-6Defenders and our 3 headed goalie monster is going to eleviate the crunch to sign those key guys, that still allows BT some wiggle room with the bottom 6 fwd ranks and shoring up that D.