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Originally Posted by butterfly
People who are in "The cap is going up" camp seem to conveniently forget that their 18-23 year old players will be worth what they're worth as a percentage of that cap.
And still want to spend the money on prime or post-prime players. As a losing team that's in the lottery. That's kind of how we got into the Tkachuk bridge deal situation to begin with. The cap was going up, until it didn't.
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The Flames had 11 guys making 6% of the cap or more, that is how they ended up in the Tkachuk situation. Adding Hanifin as a 4th guy who will be making 6% of the cap or more in 3 years time will not prevent them from signing young players.