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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The Flames do not have any real cap considerations anytime soon. Assuming the cap goes up by 6 million a year after next year this is what their cap situation looks.
25/26 - cap 92.5 million, currently have 51.5 million in salary for 13 players. 40 million in cap space for 10 players. Young players to sign for the next season - Zary, Coronato, Pelletier
26/27 - cap 98.5 million, 35.6 million in salary for 6 players (plus whatever Coronato, Zary, Pelletier cost). Young players to sign - Wolf, Pospisil. Cap space would be 62.9 million dollars for 17 players including Coronato, Zary, Pelletier)
27/28 - cap 104.5 million. Only young players to sign is Honzek. Boatloads of cap room.
28/29 would be the earliest they would have to sign anyone from the 2024 draft class.
In all likelihood 29/30 is the earliest they would have to sign anyone from the 2025 draft class and maybe a guy from the 2026 draft class if that player makes the NHL in their 18 year old year.
By 2030 the only contracts that will be left on the books is one more year of Huberdeau and one more year of Weegar. The Flames problem in the next 3-5 years, barring a crazy UFA spending spree will be to reach the cap floor. Even if they added a big contract like Pettersson it is highly unlikely that they will ever get into cap trouble this decade. They actually just don’t have anyone they need to sign that they won’t be able to sign to whatever term they want because they have so much cap space.
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26/27 you are forgetting 2 keys things. 5.2 billion goes away that’s about 450M in HRR that will need to be replaced with a new TV deal. With dwindling ratings for a lot of reasons I can’t see them making the same.
We are most likely headed towards a lockout. Gary has always had a lockout and I don’t see that changing. NFL and NBA reduced the players share of the pot below 50%. Contract lengths and trade protection.
I think those 2 things keep the cap from growing at the pace it has but who knows.