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Originally Posted by Groot
The topic was players taking discounts to play there, but I guess we're just moving on from that.
They didn't get cap space by not signing the offer sheets. They got space by trading away Ceci. They lost the players because they still didn't have cap space to sign them without LTIR that would've just moved the problem to mid-season, and they valued the cap space they can accrue over the season more than the players apparently. So they're down a RD and have to find a D partner for Nurse before the season, plus down 2 young prospects, replaced with lesser prospects.
I do not think they are in a better position at all. I think their biggest weakness, defense, got worse. And if they don't do anything and let cap space acrue over the season, they can afford a 4.4 million player at the trade deadline, hardly a difference maker when their forward depth is also going to be an issue.
I cannot wait for the team to see it's not all roses and sunshine on the way to their destined Cup. I don't see them making it to the WCF again regardless of their cap space (all $170k of it) and then Draisatl will leave as a UFA and maybe get a 2nd round pick when a team trades for his rights. That's the beginning of the end and they'll be back in the basement within 12 months.
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Well to be clear they have cap space accruing if they don’t put Kane on LTIR They then start the year with a 22 man roster. If they get 3 other injuries to forwards they have to play with less than 20 players. If they get an injury to either goalie they will need to send on of their 20 non-goalies down to the AHL to make cap space to bring up an AHL goalie.
Their cap space is somewhat contingent on not getting many injuries in the first 3-4 months of the year if Kane is getting that surgery. If one of their goalies goes out for any period of time in the first 3-4 months they are effectively down to a 21 man roster. A bad run of injuries and they will be using a 15 man roster like the Flames did when Sutter was GM.