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					Originally Posted by 1qqaaz  Here are the Flames' third and fourth line forwards by point per 60 minutes
 Joe Colborne: 1.72  $1.275M
 David Jones: 1.22  $4M
 Markus Granlund: 1.16 (gone)
 Michael Ferland: 1.09 $.825M
 Josh Jooris: 1.02 $.975M
 Matt Stajan: 0.88 $3.125M
 Mason Raymond: 0.84 $3.15M
 Brandon Bolig: 0.64 $1.25M
 Lance Bouma: 0.45 $2.2M
 
 Now here's Chicago's:
 
 Dale Weise: 1.94 (new)
 Teuvo Teravainen: 1.67 $.895M
 Tomas Fleischmann: 1.35 (new)
 Dennis Rasmussen: 1.28 $.575M
 Richard Panik: 1.28 $.975M
 Andrew Desjardins: 0.68 $.8M
 Bryan Bickell: 0.54 $3.05M
 Marcus Kruger: 0.14 $1.5M
 
 It seems that one of the main differences in terms of forward production is that the third liner on Chicago have much more consistent production. Their third line forwards are 30 point guys, while ours are 10 point guys.
 
 Luckily, if Treliving is smart with contracts, I think this could be relatively easy to solve over time.
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Added cap hits to those players in your posts who are not just rentals.
Flames average $2.1M
Chicago average $1.3M
It adds up. If the Flames paid less for bottom end players they could afford to go after another top-end player.