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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
We look dumb comparing our forwards to the Oilers forwards. The Oilers problem is that they paid Nurse way too much. Flames would have the reverse, paying forwards way too much and getting a good deal on their defencemen.
We would also be spending the same on forwards . Oilers spending 26.5 on McDavid, Draisaitl and Hyman and if we sign Lindholm to 9 million the Flames spending 26.5 million on Huberdeau, Kadri and Lindholm. The Oilers forwards are significantly (miles) better than the Flames forwards.
Also, just for the record the Oilers spend 4.45 million more on those 5 positions than the Flames do.
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Oh yeah, math was off a little bit (must have added Hyman twice).
It’s not about comparing forwards, though, and we don’t have to call anyone dumb over it. It’s about the amount paid on the number of guys and how workable that is in a cap world (the Oilers number is about to jump up sharply, as I said, so not sure why we care how good McDavid is compared to Lindholm). We can go with the Stars if you think that’s a better comparison at 27.5, or the Leafs at 33.5, or the Islanders at 24.5, or the Rangers at 26.5, etc.
The point is that having Lindholm at $9M is not a difficult number to manage, especially when you look at the rest of the roster and where we’re overpaying vs. where we should expect more production.
He’s a first line center. He’s going to get paid like one. It’s going to be deserved and any cap difficulty from it in year one is almost certainly going to be gone by year 2 or 3.