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Originally Posted by browntrout
What an absolute crap answer, based upon complete inaccuracies to support your narrative that our GM is crappy at his job.
This team has over 31 million in cap space next year, no buyouts counting against the cap and 3 draft picks in the first 2 rounds. Tkachuk and Mangiapane are RFA's. Tkachuk can be qualified at 9, Mangiapane has some arbitration rights, but not has much bargaining power as a UFA. The following year Monahan and Lucic come off the books.
If and that's a big if because I don't see the team needing to they could buyout a player.
Further more in two years Backlund comes off the books, leaving more money for a Lindholm signing.
Tampa which won the cup the last two years, even had to trade good players away because of a cap crunch, does that mean their GM sucks.
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Sure, Tkachuk can be qualified at $9M as you’d say, but than he’d become an unrestricted free agent after one more season. What kind of asset management would that be? Mangiapane is on pace for nearly 40 goals and Kylington leads the team’s defensemen in goals, points and plus/minus.
These guys are all going to get paid and with whatever little cap space that remains, 7 to 8 more players will still need to be signed to fill out the rest of the roster. A buyout could end up being a necessity just to fill the team with league minimum hockey players. Then how does this team improve from what they currently are if that’s the case?
Lastly, I’m not even sure why you’re using Tampa as an example. They won 2 straight Stanley Cups! The Flames in comparison missed the playoffs last season. Of course Tampa lost players, just like Chicago did, because this league is cyclical. Success costs you more money because other teams will want your players, it’s basic supply and demand.
It’s absolute foolishness to compare the Flames and Lightning. They’ve won 15 playoff rounds over the last 5 or so years. We’re just trying to get in to the playoffs to win 1. We’re not even in the same league in terms of success.