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Originally Posted by The Cobra
I doubt the Flames have Lindholm and Hanifin on at 50% cap.
Although I can see them taking some cap back to accomodate a deal.
And I don't think that the Flames are in the drivers seat here, Lindholm and Hanifin are. If they aren't willing to negotiate a new contract with the acquiring team, the price goes down. And for some teams, they may simply not be interested in rentals. And it looks like lots of players who are UFA's in a years time are negotiating based on a huge increase next year in the cap, and adding that into their request.
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Why wouldn’t the Flames retain? Clearly it would be to their benefit, curious to know why you don’t believe they will? Bear in mind this team has had dead money on their cap before through buyouts. What’s the difference? Factor in they get an enhanced return for carrying the dead cap, I don’t see where your line of thinking is coming from. Seems to me you’re just painting this with pessimism.
Lindholm really doesn’t have much leverage. He had no trade protection, surely there is a team out there (several probably) that he would be happy to talk extension with and give the Flames good return. Hanifin has a 10 team NTC, I believe, so it’s entirely reasonable to think there will be several teams interested. Nor do I necessarily think ‘lots’ of UFA’s will wait until next year. If a team, the Flames or otherwise, are offering Lindholm a deal worth $64-68M today he would really have to want to bet on himself that next years performance and health go very well. A lot can happen and a lot is not necessarily in the players hands. John Kingberg being exhibit A.
Great to think a guy might have the balls to say no to $64-68M when you don’t have any skin in the game.