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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Kuz has a higher cap hit than Lindholm. With needing to replace Dube once we took Kuz there isn't enough cap left to retain on Lindholm. I'm sure he would have with another team where there wasn't a bunch of cap hit coming back.
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Why do the Flames care about cap space next year though? Kuzmenko is the type of UFA signing I would want to them take a swing at. Shoter term over pay and hope to flip the next deadline. Keeps spots open for Tanev, Hanifin, and a retention deadline deal.