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Old 09-07-2016, 11:03 AM   #537
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Originally Posted by theslymonkey View Post
UFA's don't sign for one year, unless they are desperate for a deal. And at the time the Flames were in a downward spiral. That deal and the Raymond deal made sense. People weren't lining up to toil on the Flames.
Honestly, I would've preferred 2x $4.0m for both players if the Flames wanted them and their cap hits so much. I wouldn't have liked that either but at least the deals would be over right now.

Other teams can solve their cap floor problems without signing depth players to deals like that, I think it's just a cop out. Surely there was a team out there that would've unloaded a shorter term deal on us to help solve their cap problems instead (we might've even skimmed another asset in the process).

I honestly think both signings were done 99% because management liked the players, it didn't have as much to do with getting to the floor as people think imo.
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