Dumping Raymond would be nice, but it's not a necessity. He's only on the books for 1 more year and this season the Flames have enough room to manage the CAP.
Next year the Flames dump $16.07M of garbage. Raymond and Smid already don't play, Engelland can be replaced on the bottom pairing by numerous prospects on ELC's, Bollig can easily be replaced by Hathaway or someone similar who makes under $1M, and Wideman's role can be filled by Jokipakka or a prospect stepping up.
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