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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
That doesn't change anything when looking at the impact to the on-ice product though. The move still handicapped the Flames with what they could do even if they had the money. If bringing in a player who is cheap but carries a high cap hit, it shows how bad a situation the Flames are in then, being more Arizona than Edmonton. Good teams will spend real dollars to and above the cap to try and be competitive. What you're suggesting is the Flames brought in a crappy player with a big cap hit and a low salary so they could claim to be near the cap but in actuality well under it. If that's the case it explains why the team is generating the results they are.
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Like it or not 10-15$ million in real cash over 4 seasons is a large amount of money
And an argument could be made the Flames could have won the deal if they used that real cash to their advantage (which it did not seem they did)
Although it could have allowed them to front load the contract offer to JG for example
If the Flames had a new stadium and more revenue maybe they wouldn’t need to go looking for cash savings
