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Originally Posted by Wolfman
Senators acquire : Frolik (4.3) and Stone (3.5) both have 1 yr left after this year
Flames acquire : Dzingel (1.8) and Z. Smith (3.25) Dzingel is a UFA, Smith has 2 yrs left after this year.
Smith would add toughness to 4th line and Dzingel can slot in for Frolik.
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No thanks, Flames need toughness tougher than Smith. Bennett could probably beat Smith.
Plus the idea of moving Frolik and Stone off the books is to make room for Tkachuk or other UFAs in the Summer, so why take on Smith's $3.25 cap hit?
Flames have enough middling players making in excess of $3 million.
Moving forward, I think realistically, the Flames can afford one more top six forward in the $4 to $5 million range, like a Hoffman or Toffoli. There isn't any room for top end guys like Mark Stone or Duchene when you have to pay $8 million for Tkachuk.