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Originally Posted by Bingo
Really?
Teams that spend to the cap have cap issues. Teams that don't have budget issues.
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Even cap teams can have budget issues. See Calgary Flames when we traded Kotalik. Easily could have buried him if the owners were willing to eat salary, but they weren't. Understandably as this is a business afterall.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
This is a cap issue.
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I think they are fighting over one-way and two-way contracts which has no implication on cap, only on actual salary. ALL TEAMS want to save on budget if possible, and if Prout and Kulak are both making 750K+, and one of them is playing in the AHL because Andersson made the team, that is not ideal (although not prohibitive).
Again, I'd be really interested in comparables to Kulak that his agent would be bringing up because I really don't see any that would have the Flames at all concerned about a cap of over 800K+. I think they just want a two-way contract to provide flexibility and save money if Kulak does indeed get beat out for his spot.