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Originally Posted by dying4acup
Do people realize what a 35+ multi-year contract means?
It means that the cap hit is guaranteed against the cap for the duration of the contract. It means demoting Engelland to the AHL will not save his cap hit. It means buying him out will not save the Flames his cap hit.
The only players that get multi Year deals on 35+ contracts are superstars (Iginla, 3yr). The only teams that give multi year 35+ contracts to non superstars are bad teams (Colorado-Beauchemin).
That said, I'd still be able to live with 2yr/2.5AAV.
On some level I think the Flames need an Engelland to balance the bottom pair and the whole line up when you include his minutes and his PK. But that's still a reach and a risk. The Flames are at the point of the build where every cap dollar matters.
Might make more sense to do a 1yr with incentives for both parties.
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Those are pretty bold statements (could be a bad pun in there somewhere). You'll be held to that, and if it ends up being more than a 1 year deal, well then....
I don't see Engelland getting a 1 year deal anytime soon, especially with all of his intangibles.