[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by JackIsBack

Posting in two threads:

It's interesting... after this deal (Mitchell Marner), Toronto is still under the cap by about $298,134.

All Calgary has left under the cap is about $7,950,791 to sign both Tkachuk and Mangiapane (if we do sign him) - so if we sign Tkachuk for anything more than 7.95 million, we'd be forced to make some roster moves or trades.

It's weird... a team with these contracts:
11,634,000
11,000,000
10,893,000
6,962,366
5,300,000
5,250,000
5,000,000
5,000,000

has more cap room then us with these:
???? (8,000,000)
6,750,000
6,750,000
6,375,000
5,350,000
5,250,000
4,950,000
4,850,000

They beat us on value on every contract in the top 8 (some significantly) with one very small (50k) exception.

The Flames spend more on D, and the Flames' D is way better.

The Leafs have only one D man under contract past this year (other than prospects like Liljegren, etc). Next year, their D is going to probably cost more than ours, and will still be worse.

Also, we have a much deeper bottom 6 than they do. After moving Kadri (to be able to afford the big 4), their bottom 6 is really thin now.

When you spend half of the cap on 4 guys, depth is going to be a problem, and that is already the case this year. Next year, it's only going to get worse.