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Originally Posted by GGG
I don’t care how this deal looks for the Oilers. That isn’t really relevant. The only comparison that matters here is Calgary before and Calgary after.
Is Calgary better off. I’d argue our current window we need to Maximize is to the end of Gaudreau’s deal and in that frame work 1.9 million boat ancho is better than a 5.25 million boat anchor.
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Alot of my family are leafs fans and I argued years ago retaining salary on a kessel deal for that long was dumb. Response I got was leafs will be rebuilding for years it won't matter. Seems to matter now
I agree the flames are set up to win now. But we could be wrong and you can't completely disregard wasting cap space for 8 years. If the plan is to buyout in 2 years saving 500k now helps. Lucic bounces back at all maybe he can be moved with 500k retained salary. Buying out neal now is automatic 1.9 mil wasted for 8 years. Imo it not smart to consider that for at least 2 years