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Originally Posted by Bingo
^ oh come on ...
the Jackets have four or five secondary players on long term big value contracts, the Flames have a single season cap issue with numerous expiring contracts.
that is a nasty reach to try and beat the drum of an issue you bring up over and over again.
and Frolik again, nice
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Perhaps you should take a step back..... Try to look at it as someone not fully vested as a Flames fan.
The Flames were right at the cap last year.... Before they dumped Hudler, Russell, Jones there was a chance that they Gaudreau/Bennett getting bonuses would come out of the 2016-17 cap.
The Flames dump 18M in cap space in 2017-18. Wideman-Engelland-Raymond-Bollig... After Bennett and Ferland are signed that will leave around 10-12 M in Cap space... to fill in 3 roster spots.
The Flames ... just keeping their current team together will be at the cap in 2017-18.
Teams that have this kind of cap problems should be coming off a SC run.
The Flames picked/ settled on their rebuilt team last season when they went for it getting Hamilton and Frolik long term and extending Gio.
last summer they made a significant move of the same magnitude of signing Bouwmeester. The Bouwmeester impact took at least 4 years to recover.