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Originally Posted by Flames1217
At some point in time though Ruzicka will be on our third line.
Maybe not this year but if you look at his trajectory, it's not absurd to think that next year he would be more than capable to flourish in that role.
At some point in time we cannot afford to pay our third line centre 6.375 million. We already have Looch making big money and having these contracts in the bottom 6 restricts our ability to add true top 6/top 4 talent.
Think of it this way, without Looch and Monahan the flames could sign everyone and even maybe swing at Forsberg this summer. It's crazy how much cap space we could save in having a cheaper bottom 6.
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I agree with the bolded; I just think that time will be the off season.
Even with Monahan out for no AAV back we probably can't afford to keep everyone...Looch out too would allow us to keep everyone and sign a few depth players for more than league min, but certainly not chase big UFAs.