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Originally Posted by Bonded
That was because Treliving decided to prioritize bad UFA signings like Neal and Brouwer over Tkachuk. If the option is retain 1.5 million or keep Kadri's full contract then you retain or else that contract might stop you from signing someone if he is still hitting the cap at 7 million. If you can take a bad contract that is shorter that would be ideal.
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Let's name a time when the Flames have retained in the past decade... Can't find one. I agree that's what should happen but like I said I'd rather take on a bad contract with the same cap hit with less term, then free up 7m of cap for however many years we saved.
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Originally Posted by ComixZone
No, we didn't have cap because we had Milan Lucic and Michael Frolik on the books - $10M in salary committed to depth players who were no good by that time.
The lesson is not to sign inflated free agent contracts.
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And the GM before Conroy has already signed those contracts and we have to work through them. Kadri isn't going to raise his value elsewhere, he is going to here with the ice time he is getting. With how this team is rolling, could definitely see Kadri traded as soon as the upcoming offseason, but I think someone would take him at the 2025 TDL. If we have't retained by then it's not a bad time to do it then with less term. I'm just not a fan of retaining on a player that is over 5+ seasons on a deal. I guess the cap increase nullifies any retention.
Regardless, my reply to the poster was to keep Weegar and Coleman. People want a scorched rebuild but we still need solid vets to hang around.