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Originally Posted by Macindoc
Unlikely that the Flames will sign him that late, because his cap hit gets higher with every day of the regular season he misses.
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Meh, cap-hit gets higher proportionate to the amount of cap saved by signing him later.
In a nutshell, if you signed him to 8M half way through the season his cap hit would be 16M but only 8M would count against the cap as he's here for half the season.
That doesn't account for the 'replacement' player's cap-hit while he's not signed but as long as you've got the room for Tkachuk at the start of the season you have it throughout the year (not that it's ideal).