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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I agree it works and those are some pretty conservative numbers.
Tkachuk making more than Gaudreau and Giordano likely doesn't happen. And there's 0 chance Ferland makes 5M. It would take an exceptional end of the season for Jankowski to make 3M, but likely will get closer to Ferland's 1.75M bridge contract. Bennett's next contract would also require a significant improvement next year.
The difference there would allow the Flames to get a 23rd person on a roster spot and a starting goalie if needed.
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Yeah, I figured I was being pretty generous on the player's side, but who knows how things shake out thanks to McDavid raising the bar for everyone.
Salary wise, it works. On the ice, it's the best roster I can imagine us putting out there. If it fails, we've also got plenty of player to sell off in a massive re-tool or rebuild (if it goes THAT poorly).
If we see something like this happen, I think it'd be great. There'd be an initial outcry from some posters over the "high price" - but it would be hard not to sit back and think "holy crap, here we go!" and be really excited about it as a fan.