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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Buffalo has significantly more cap flexibility than Philly. Buffalo has $35M this summer. Philly has Giroux and Voracek over $8M and JVR and Hayes over $7M with a lot of guys they will need to pay in the next couple of years.
Not sure why they are willing to pay more than Buffalo? They were a top team this year where Buffalo just missed for the 9th straight year and their franchise player said he is getting frustrated.
Johnny doesn’t have a say where he goes so the Flames can send him wherever. I think any team in the east outside of the Canadian teams would have a great chance to re-sign Johnny. New Jersey also has the pieces and flexibility.
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As I stated in my post, Philly has more tradable assets that carry cap. Buffalo doesn't.
And as I stated, Philly is willing to pay more because they know Gaudreau is more likely to re-sign. And for them, "going for it" actually makes some sense.
I don't know how I can make it any clearer