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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I suspect the Flames may have felt the same way from a pure hockey viewpoint. But the way they run their cap situation, no way they keep a 7th defenseman making much more than league minimum. Valimaki is at $1.55 million.
His fate was sealed once Zadorov was re-signed. Sounds like they couldn't find any trade partners.
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Yeah, Valimaki's contract was big detriment to him the past couple of seasons.
Some of these young players need to think big picture when negotiating. Getting a little more money now often comes with opportunity costs that can effect their long term earning if they make themselves a cap issue.