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Alberta_Beef · 10-11-2016, 04:09 AM

I don't think the Flames have cap room to claim anyone. We kept hearing the Flames had under 7 million in cap space before Gaudreau was signed, but it appears non-roster injured players also count against the cap (ie. Pribyl), so with the 25 players under contract (2 injured), the Flames are more than a million over the cap. So at least 2 of Vey, Bollig or Kulak need to be sent down initially and all 3 need to go down if they want to claim someone on waivers that makes under about 1.2 million.

This is all assuming the Flames place Smid on LTIR on the 12th and not the 11th.

10-11-2016, 04:09 AM	#165
Alberta_Beef Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2012 Exp:	I don't think the Flames have cap room to claim anyone. We kept hearing the Flames had under 7 million in cap space before Gaudreau was signed, but it appears non-roster injured players also count against the cap (ie. Pribyl), so with the 25 players under contract (2 injured), the Flames are more than a million over the cap. So at least 2 of Vey, Bollig or Kulak need to be sent down initially and all 3 need to go down if they want to claim someone on waivers that makes under about 1.2 million. This is all assuming the Flames place Smid on LTIR on the 12th and not the 11th.