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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
There is still over a week to get things done so still plenty of time. If it doesn't I assume that Weegar and his agent are simply asking for too much money and/or term given that Treliving has been pretty reasonable with the Huberdeau and Kadri contracts. Like most fans I would like to see him signed but the contract has to work for the Flames as there will be a point in 5 years where the team has a lot of players closing into their mid-30's and Treliving needs to be careful that the team doesn't get handcuffed like the Sharks currently are.
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Teams that have signed 30 year olds to long term contract have also had to deal with modest cap increases. From 2015/2016 to 22/23 the cap has gone from $71.4 to $82.5 mil. $11.1 mil over 8 years vs a projected $10 mil cap increase over the next 3 years.
Also, from 2018/19 season to 22/23 the cap has increased $3 mil from $79.5 to $82.5 mil. 5 years is at least half of any 7/8 year deal signed back in 2018/19. To only get that kind of cap increase is killing teams but it's also not a normal 5 years of cap increases.
The Flames could still be sitting very good with the contracts they have with the projected cap increases.