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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel

I was looking at Neal's contract last week, its not as bad as Lucic because that one is based on bonuses. So even if the Oilers buy out Lucic there will anywhere from 3.5 to 5.5 million still on the cap for the next few years.

If the Flames were to buy out Neal, the cap hit goes down to 1.9 million for the next 4 years. It certainly looks like that may have been a fatal flaw in the build of this years team. Tha being said I am happy the Flames made no acquisitions at the trade deadline. They are certainly more than 1 or 2 players away from challenging for the cup.

1.9 for the next....8 years