[dying4acup]

I would love clarification on the "2yr pro". As I read from articles, it is players who have completed their 2nd year pro at the time of the draft. A player like Killington would be finishing his 2nd year pro days after the draft. Thus players like Killington and Gillies would both be exempt.

My main question is around the 25% rule. From my understanding, the rule is that every team must expose a minimum of "the previous years cap" not 25% of "what a team spent against the cap the previous year. That means that EVERY team needs to expose approximately 18M in the draft (including expiring contracts).

Some teams spending close to the minimum may have to expire very high contracts. Off the top of my head.. Jordan Staal in Carolina.. Bobrovsky in Columbus..
I'm not sure who the lowest spending teams are, but a lot of teams may sign (2016 version of) Glencross to 1yr/3m contracts instead of a PTO.

I still think the Flames will score a goalie or 2.

Also to remember is that even if your team is far too deep, you can only lose 1 or 2 players. Even if the Flames are far deeper than we think in a years time, we might lose a player we don't want too, but we won't lose a franchise player. Not unless we bring risebrough back.