The windows for almost all the western contending teams are considerably smaller than Calgary IMO. SJ is old as dirt. Nashville has only one forward under 25 and no D under 28. Vegas has Tuch as a youngster and that's it. Winnipeg is a bit better but even they are older than Calgary. Calgary has 7 fowards 24 and under not counting Dube. They have 3 D 22 and under plus Valimaki. Gaudreau is a pretty young 25 and Czarnik doesn't have very many miles either.
That tells me that the Flames have less reason to (a) go all in and (b) mess a lot with their cap structure.
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