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Originally Posted by Ashasx
You would think that if we'd want to clear up cap space, it'd be in preparation for extension to Bennett, etc., in preparation for next off-season. Re-signing Monahan and Gaudreau will already put us right at the cap for the season.
I'd rather Russell not be taking that space
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I'd be fine with Russell at around 3.5M, maybe 3.75M a year for no longer than four years, preferably three. But any more than that, especially the term, and I'd seriously question the Flames management's ambitions.
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Space for Bennett would be cleared with the expiration of the $12+ million tied up in the Wideman, Engelland and Smid contracts.
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Space for Russell would be coming out of a Wideman or Engelland (or Smid?) trade in the first place. We don't know what kind of money Bennett will get but if the Flames are pro-active they should look to lock him up for the full eight years asap. And Elliott, should we keep him, is due for a big raise. We have other smaller raises coming up the season after too that we should be prepared for - I was fine with dropping Colborne (actually I advocated it well before qualifying offers were due) but if a guy like Ferland has a break out season I will not be very happy to lose him to a cap squeeze.