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Originally Posted by Poe969
Maybe it's just me but I would expose Backlund and Gio.
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If Flames re-sign Brodie or grab another legit top 4 dman in free agency , my guess is their contract would come with a NMC. If thats the case then Gio would be the guy to expose.
As for Backlund that would probably come down to if Lucic needs to be protected. I certainly see both reasons for wanting to protect Backlund and not to preotect him. If left umprotected, could be a great way to free up cap space. Yes i think Seattle would take him if available. The reason to protect him, is that Flames as of now ,don't have a huge surplus of centermen ready to take over that 2b/3a spot.
Fun exercise , but the team, and a lot of other teams, will look a lot different come expansion with the cap being stagnat for the next 2 years.