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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
Interesting stuff from everyone, but I think cap realities are going to play a bigger role.
The flames have 22m (roughly?) to spend. Gaudreau Monahan and Colborne will be at least 15. Plus 2 goalies. Plus $2-4m in bonuses for ELCs depending on who they pick in the draft.
I don't think there is any way the flames are adding salary and keeping all of wideman, engelland, smid, Raymond etc.
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I don't think the Flames have a lot of cap problems, to be honest.
That's without Smid (LTIR?), but also without trading or buying anybody out. So with the cap being anywhere between 71 and 74m (IIRC), that gives Treliving some wiggle room. The figures in blue are obviously my estimates, no idea if they're all realistic and/or if they bring back everybody I listed. But in my scenario, that leaves Treliving with 7-9m for a goaltender and one or two wingers (one of them could be a cheap young player from the farm like Shinkaruk) ... that's doable. Buying out one or two of the guys with 1 year left could give them some cap relief as well.