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Originally Posted by getbak
They could get creative with bonuses similar to Iginla's deal with Boston, but that would create its own problems. Tkachuk is already likely to earn a decent amount of bonus money which could carryover. The cap isn't likely to increase much next year, and the only significant contract that the Flames have ending next year is Stajan's and most of his money will likely go to re-signing Backlund.
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True... but Tkachuk/Bennett dinged us on bonus overages this season so that's not a new expense and we're getting 1M back from the Raymond buyout ending after this season so that helps some. We may have only Stajan's contract ending next year but that covers Backlund's raise and Jankowski's (presumeably) base and we won't have any real upward cap pressure until the 2019-2020 season since the core is locked up (and any overage from Jagr won't affect that).
2019-2020 is going to be a PITA from a cap management stand point. Treliving may have to buyout Brouwer (and maybe Stone) at that point.