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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The cap went up about 14% from when Monahan signed his contract and when the Flames had to burn a 1st to get rid of him. Monahan made 7.7% of the cap.
If the cap went up 14% in 6 years from when Lindholm potentially signs a 9 million dollar a year contract it will be 95.2 and Lindholm would be 9.5% of the cap. For him to be 7.7% the cap would have to be about 117 million, which it will not be. Contracts that are 8-10% of the cap are always hard to move, regardless of whether the cap goes up.
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Monahan got injured though and that is why he wasn't worth his deal. He also was not an old player who got injrued. Mid 20s and his career fell apart.
Lindholm isn't a top 5 center, but he is around top 10. I find it funny that anyone can just state he is 17th best in the league. Every good year or bad year a player has the list changes drastically. The Flames had nobody that was top 50 players in the league the year before Tkachuk, Gaudreau and Lindholm tore up the league. The next year these guys were all around top 20.