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Originally Posted by sureLoss
You assume the Flames had the luxury of waiting for cap space to grow. Is Treliving supposed to know exactly when players are injured and needs to use cap space in call ups?
If the Flames did not sign Grossmann, they would have had ~$583k in caps space to start the season .
If there was an injury in any of their early games they would not have the cap space to call up anyone from the AHL without using Smid's LTIR.
The cheapest contracts they have on the farm at forward is Carroll ($670k) and at defence Wotherspoon ($625k).
If any of those call ups are necessary before the Flames let the cap space grew enough to fit them in, you wouldn't maximize the cap space from the LTIR.
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That's sorta the point. Grossman was signed because he was the only person that fit the cap space of the team as of that moment.
In theory they could have also played with one less spare in game one, banked a small amount of space, then called up a more expensive player for a day or two to get to the same place (near the cap).
The difference is they wanted the extra player right from the beginning, and the only player that could be afforded to stay within the parameters of the cap was Grossman, which in conjunction maximized the space to trigger the LTIR.
At the end of the day, there were creative ways to get to the same place without Grossman's involvement.
But make no mistake, part of the decision making process involved them wanting Grossman to some degree, which is illustrated by the fact he was actually utilized, and continued to be utilized even when he clearly wasn't working.
I'm not sure why people want to deny that the Flames saw some use for Grossman. If it was 100% pure cap maneuvering, he would have never sniffed the ice in a game situation.