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Originally Posted by Fire
The problem is that they need to make a quick trade to fit him in in a 5-7 year deal. Do they make that deal now and hope they get him signed long term? Maybe, but if they can only get him signed to a bridge contract then they made the team worse in the short term for no reason.
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I still believe that Treliving has frameworks for a trade or two essentially on the table on which he can pull the trigger when he needs to. But even as things stand today, there is still some time to work things out without making a trade. Here is one option:
Say Tkachuk is signed @ 6 x $8.2 m.
The Flames could start the season with 13 forwards, 7 defensemen, and 2 goalies.
There is $6,341,625 m of cap space. If they waive and send Czarnik and Quine to Stockton that frees up $1,735,000, and leaves the Flames with $770,791 of room after Valimaki's LTIR kicks in. (If Czarnik is claimed, that leaves $126,625 of room with no LTIR relief.) At worst, this gives them a window in which to work out a trade to free up money and ice a 23-man roster.