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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
They do if they want to maximize their return.
If you have 29 year old Elias Lindholm giving you near-Selke level Centre play for Less than a max-bonus ELC, that’s worth more than Lindholm at nearly $5M, as capped out as everyone is.
In hindsight, the Hamilton trade was probably a mistake - drafting any one of Barzal, Chabot or Connor would’ve been more useful long term.
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They likely want to keep their own cap flexibility which is minimal so I am not sure they want dead money on the cap next year for retention. I do not think the flames will sell with a vision of slow build they will want to retool on the fly and having picks AND cap flexibility is the key. Cap is minimized if they have several million retained.
I don’t think the Hamilton deal was a mistake it landed the team Lindholm and Hanifin and if the Flames are smart they can keep that trade tree growing by flipping those guys.
I am not sure about going on another 8 year deal for a guy turning 29 next year and turning 30 in year one of the deal. So Lindholm should be shopped.