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Originally Posted by ricardodw
and yet the Flames lead the league in cap spent on d-men.... this year and are adding another 3M year when Gio's contract kicks in.
for next year just Gio Hamilton and Brodie add up to 17.15 M.
The median of positional spending on defense this year is around 17M.
The average NHL team spends 27% of their cap on defense. on a 72 M cap that comes to 19M.
To get to anywhere near normal on cap distribution the Flames need to get rid of Wideman, Russell, Smid and Engelland and replace them with 4 guys making close to the league minimum.
This is very similar to the situation the Flames were in when they had Phanuef Bouwmeester and Regehr and Sarich. It took a run of 5 years with no playoffs spending to the cap with 2 HOF players in their prime to get out of that sorry situation.
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You think a #4 defenseman should make close to the league minimum? Good luck with that.