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Originally Posted by Redrum
The cap isn't a problem for keeping players? I'm pretty sure that's actually the purpose of the cap, and the ONLY problem you have to deal with. Unless this is sarcasm then nvm, but I think 25mil tied up in 35+ year olds will be a snag at some point. Nobody is anti-Lindholm, there simply isn't room. If you can kick out Kadri then by all mean sign him.
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To put it into perspective, if the Flames paid Lindholm $9M, they would be still be spending almost $10M LESS on their top 3 forwards and top 2 defencemen than the Oilers are spending on theirs. In today numbers. So, imagine the cap going up like it will and you can see why it’s just not a concern. If a prospect caught fire and needed a $10M+ contract today we would be, at worst, in the Oilers situation. In 4-5 years we’ll be laughing.
And by that point they’ll have McDavid making $16M and Drai making $12M+.