[tkflames]

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.

I dont envy the leafs

Hot Take Incoming: Their window is already closed...they just haven't realized it. On paper they have a worse (less deep team) in a division with Boston and Tampa. Hockey is not a strong link sport...especially in the playoffs. It's a weak link sport. In a game one or two mistakes make the difference, so you are far more dependent on your 3rd and 4th line than a sport like basketball where stars matter. Have a look at the 3rd and 4th lines of the last 10 SC winners (let alone defense). The leafs are not even in the ballpark of competing. From this point onward, unless there is a major bump in the salary cap, their teams will become progressively worse. Next year they are down Rielly or equivalent. This year they need to either have an injury or dump players to welcome McDermott back.

For comparison, the flames can dump Brodie and/or Hamonic and/or Frolik next year and reload with another 15M in cap space.