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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I'd love to see Cammy back, but with him - he has two years left on his deal after this season. We definitely can't take a 5M cap-hit on for those years (Backlund's extension), and I'm not sure New Jersey would retain 2.5M for each of the next two years, and if they did - I imagine it would cost the Flames a pretty penny to get them to do that.
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I disagree that it would even really be difficult to absorb Cammalleri's salary if the concern is for Backlund's extension. Mason Raymond's contract will come off the books just in time and free up $1.05M. I'm not sure how much Backlund is going to get but I would think that $4.625M is going to cover most of it (his current salary of $3,575,000 + $1,050,000) That bump doesn't even require a replacement player since Raymond's not on the roster.
There is a lot of money being paid to the bottom part of the roster that could be better spent on a player like Cammalleri who is going to contribute as a top six player. Also, with his contract ending in two seasons, that will be $5M that can be allocated to Tkachuk's long-term extension
