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Originally Posted by gvitaly
Is anyone else worried about exposing 25% of the roster cap rule? The Flames have a lot of bad contacts coming off the books in the 2017 off-season. Assuming the Flames spend close to the cap in 2016-17 (lets say $74M) they will need to expose a total cap space of at least $18.5M. The problem is that contracts like Wideman($5.25M), Smid($3.75M), Engelland($3M), Raymond($3.15M), and Bollig($1.25M) for a total of $16.4M all expire and can't be exposed.
So who do we have left? Estimated cap
Forwards
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Frolik($4.3M)
Backlund($3.575M)
Stajan($3.125M)
Bouma($2.2M)
Colborne($1.5M)
Jooris($1M)
Ferland($0.825M)
Hathaway($0.69M)
Hamilton($0.688M)
Defensemen
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Jokipakka($0.9M)
Nakladal($1.5M)
Wotherspoon($1M)
Goalies
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Ortio($1M)
Once we add everyone except Backlund and Frolik we get $13.43M which means we are $5.1M short on players we would expose. Potentially the goalie we sign in the off season will take a big chunk of it, but that means the Flames will be signing UFAs(or trading for players) with the intention to expose them in 2017. Otherwise, one of Backlund or Frolik will need to be exposed. How much it will either hurt or benefit the Flames is yet to be seen.
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For me, here's where things get muddy.
So, the expansion draft will reportedly happen before the entry draft... so before July 1. So technically, Smid, Engelland, Wideman, Bollig and Raymond would be under contract with the Flames still... no?
If they aren't, what about our RFAs? Jokipakka, Ferland, Hathaway and Bennett are all players on the roster right now who would need new contracts. Who knows how that'll change next year, but those numbers are all over the place right there.
Let's carelessly throw money around:
Jokipakka: $2M
Ferland: $1.75M - $3M (definitely a player who's role is TBD)
Hathaway: $1M (who knows what he'll do next year)
Bennett: $4M (I just hit a button...)
What if this is how our RFAs shake out? That's $8.75M - $10M, or 11.8% - 13.5% of a $74,000,000 salary right there. Now, I have no idea if those numbers work with a $74,000,000 salary and everything else we'd have, but they can't be so far off that the point doesn't stand.
Can the NHL say that your UFAs are off the books, AND RFAs don't count, but expose 25%? That 25% thing is a total mess.