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Originally Posted by The Cobra
I think we can assume that in 4-5 years the Flames will be severely handcuffed.
That's the nature of signing players to long term contracts who are reaching (or have reached) 30.
My view is, one more bad contract in 5 years won't make much difference.
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What's the definition of a bad contract too? IMO Lucic is a $2 mil player making $5.25 mil. That's a bad contract.
Backlund and Coleman are probably over paid but they are close to as good as they are getting paid. To me they both signed risky deals but they currently are not bad contracts.
With the cap projecting to go up by $10 mil in the next 3 off-seasons, you can make a case that Huberdeau could be a steal the first 5 years of his deal other than the 23/24 season where he will be paid fairly.
Even if Lindholm got $11 mil, Hanifin $9 mil and Weegar got $7 mil the only season it's tight is the 24/25 season. After that the cap looks good other than the age of Kadri for a few years. But will he be Lucic overpaid or Backlund overpaid? Still possible that with the cap increases that he is only sligtly over paid.