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Originally Posted by getbak
The difference is that the Flyers can't sign him to a $10 million+ contract given their current cap situation. The Flames can.
Both teams would need to make moves to fit that big of a contract under their cap, but the Flyers need to make those moves before signing the contract.
Assuming Cap Friendly's numbers are all accurate, the Flyers have less than $120,000 in cap space today. They can exceed the cap by 10% during the offseason, but that would only allow a maximum contract under $8.4 million AAV.
The Flames have nearly $27 million in cap space right now. Signing Johnny and the big-ticket RFAs will eat up that space quickly, so the cap-clearing moves will need to be made, but they do have the space today.
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Hearing the Flyers signing the De-Plorable was even better news to me then the Rasta info!