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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Well yeah, they could have signed the homeless guy that rifles through the Saddledome dumpster for empties to the same contract and got the same effect.
With Grossmann they were trying to kill two birds with one stone.
1. LTIR relief
2. defensive depth with some bite which the Flames are sorely needing
It appears it was done primarily for the cap relief. The 2nd reason was a low risk move with the Flames hoping they could get a little value out of the money they were spending on him.
By my calculation they wouldn't have had enough cap space until mid 2nd week to call up anybody and maximize LTIR. Huge risk.
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Don't disagree with your analysis. The counter argument of course would be that he essentially backed himself into a corner by leaving such little cap space that the only option to sign would be Grossman.
And yet, he was utilized game 1 of the season.. not exactly someone being envisioned purely to be used as a backup/emergency option.