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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
These contracts are going to catch up to the dumb teams that hand them out. We already see how teams are paralyzed to make a trades due to the salary cap implications and it's only going to get worse. The Richards contract was a prime example of what happens when a player on a long term deal like this declines and it's not likely most players will afford teams a way to get out of the deal that Richards did.
Look at the Zach Parise contract. Not only are the Wild not even getting a sniff of the Stanley Cup while the player is just passed his prime he has a cap hit of $7.5 million until 2024/25. That team is going to be screwed in about 5 years as the salary cap is no longer pointing up annually like it was a few years back. US buildings are half empty and the salary cap is not longer pointing up. IMO the league could be heading back to hard times. I personally don't believe handing out compliance buyouts every new CBA is the answer to the poor spending habits of NHL GM's.
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FYP.
Who cares if other teams want to ruin their flexibility when it comes to managing their salary cap and making trades? I only care about the Flames salary cap situation. Honestly, it's ideal if the other team's can't manage their finances and the Flames can. It puts us at an advantage, assuming the Flames can actually do that. They haven't been great at that historically but if they turn it around it could be a big benefit for the team going forward, being one of the few financially responsible teams in a league filled with drunken sailors. Prime opportunity to win trades and steal RFAs as far as I'm concerned.