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Originally Posted by butterfly
The time to give people like that long term deals is quickly approaching, and it's going to be much more difficult than it ought to be because of these retirement deals.
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The Flames aren't going to struggle to pay any of those younger players. None of them are gamebreakers, and most of them haven't even established themselves as solid support players or NHL players. If they begin to show gamebreaker ability/potential, we're still likely talking 2-3 years from now before there's any effort to make long-term commitments to them...and the Flames won't be facing a cap crunch at that point.