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Originally Posted by MoreDrank
Most definitely bad money. Then add Bollig's $1.25 million. More bad money.
Additionally, Stajan and Bouma combine for $5.325 million next year. That's looks like bad money too from where I'm sitting. Some like what those guys bring but even if you are extremely generous about it, those contracts are merely mediocre from a value perspective.
That's $15.575 million that the Flames would be a lot better off not having on the books. It'd be fine if the management didn't need the flexibility to sign one of the most dynamic players to come through the franchise in years.
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Would it be fine?
Stajan makes 62.5% of what Cammalleri makes with Cammy having one extra year.
I know which player I would rather have for the next handful of years.
In the 2014 offseason we spent 7.3M on Engelland, Bollig, and Raymond. Meanwhile Steve Yzerman spent 4.5M on a top pair defenseman, Anton Stralman, in the same UFA market.
I know which player I would rather have for the next handful of years.
I hate to use
retrospect - but it's never, ever a good idea to spend all your money on bottom-half-of-lineup players. You're better off not spending at all. You only have to make the cap floor and you don't need to sign anything longer than one year deals to do that.