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Originally Posted by DJones
Ya I don't understand the argument of not paying him 8.5M. That's borderline 2C money now. In 8 years it'll be low end 2C which he should still be.
The true top players are going to be getting 12-14M soon.
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The issue for me is if you are not going to have the horses to actually compete don’t tie yourself down with term. The Flames are already in that situation with two other forwards. If they must compete I would rather have them overpay guys on single year contracts, leaving themselves the flexibility to sign a young player longterm like the Sabres and Sens have done with their young core. If they are going to have 35% of their current cap (which will become less over time) locked into 3 forwards it reduces the flexibility to sign a good young piece to a longterm deal.
The Flames have had enough bridge contracts for guys like Mangiapane, Dube, Yegor, Tkachuk that have been caused by the fact they do not have cap flexibility. Then the Flames end up paying them a premium like in the case of Mangiapane. I am convinced Mang would have taken 30 million over 8 years (3.75 million a year) after he scored 17 goals in 68 games in his first big league season. Instead we pay him 5.8 million a year now.
It would be a shame if a Coronato actually hit and they could not sign him to a 8 year contract because they lacked the financial ability to do so and instead sign him to some 3 year deal that works for their tight cap space.