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Originally Posted by codynw
They should be parting with those UFAs regardless of how much cap space they have. I don't want Russell, Hudler, Jones, Hiller... any of them back. Only one I wouldn't mind back is Ramo, and that's only if they don't find an upgrade elsewhere.
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The Flames are a worse team on paper without Russell, Hudler and their goalies. Is that good for the club? Sure, one could argue that. But the Flames need to get rid of contracts to fit under the cap, the benefits of which are separate. So regardless if the Flames exercise good asset management at the expense of what the team looks like on paper, it can be argued that contracts such as Stajan's have caused the needed release of players due to cap purposes alone.