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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
Not sure where to post this, so put it here. Wondering what people think about Flames overall Cap situation. When you look at our top 6 forwards, seems to be some good contract value there. Perhaps Backlund is a bit overpaid?? Maybe Ryan is now a bit of an overpay, especially if he is 4th line.
Other than the obvious contract of Lucic our forward group cap hits don’t look that bad.
Defence looks decent as well, maybe now Gio is a bit high, but it wasn’t that long ago some were calling that a value contract.
Not overpaying on goalies.
How are we in cap jail compared to say Toronto?
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I think most of the team is on fair contracts. The only real bargain contract right now is Lindholm. The team needs more players on ELC contracts. They will have Dube, and Valimaki who will hopefully outplay their contracts for next season. The problem is not that Lucic is overpaid, but how much he is overpaid(by roughly $3M in my estimate). The team also still has the Brouwer($1.5M x 2years), and Stone($1.167M) buyouts.
I believe the Flames could use their capspace to bring everyone(excluding rentals) back from this season. The problem is that the Flames are trying to improve and want to upgrade their roster. You currently have almost $17M, with a roster size of 14. You need 8-9 players including a starting goalie($3-6M), a top 4 defenseman($4-5M), and sign Mangiapane($2.5-4.5M). All of a sudden you don't have that much capspace left and you have to start compromising. If you want to upgrade at forward then perhaps just get a backup for Rittich, or try to play Valimaki in a top 4 role.
The bottom line is that the Flames have enough cap space to keep things in status quo. They don't seem to have enough cap space to improve without going the trade route.