[Sylvanfan]

Yeah the Flames have 16 million give or take to get 9 more players on the roster next year. It's likely they need to allocate 4.5 for a D slot and another 2.75 in goal, plus Valimaki, so that is half the cap space and 6 more spots to fill.

Mangiapane also will need a pretty good bump so that will likely eat up 2.25. That whittles you down to 5.5 ish for 5 guys. So that's pretty much million dollars max for any of those slots unless you can move money elsewhere.

The spots to fill are bottom of the roster/depth type roles but I can see teams being leery about giving term and dollars to what essentially becomes rank and file type players. Especially since the cap is not going to rise in coming seasons, things like buyouts and Lucic like contracts will really hold teams back.