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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
I think the only reason people talk about 'getting rid of him' is they dont want to lose him for nothing july 1st.
Enough about that though hoping we see Johnny get to 1000 in a Flames Jersey!!
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I can definitely see a scenario where Johnny re-signs with the Flames. All we heard (mostly from Eric Francis), was that he was going to pack up his stuff and leave for Philly. Well, I just took a look at the Flyers cap situation next season and I honestly don’t think they can afford Johnny.
They’ve got $68 million tied up mostly into forwards and they still have Claude Giroux to re-sign. They’ll likely use a lot of their cap space on defensemen because they already have plenty of high priced forwards. So, Gaudreau at $9M-$10M would be just a luxury they can’t afford as his contract would cripple their cap.