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Originally Posted by Tbull8
I do think that they need to get guys like Frost, Zary, Coronato, Wolf signed first. The worst thing they could do is overpay a guy like Bourque on an offer sheet and then another team turns around and targets one of our own
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At the moment, PuckPedia has the Flames at a cap hit of $58,362,500 for next season, for 8 forwards, 5 defencemen, and a goalie. That leaves them about $37 million to pay nine players, including Frost, Coronato, and Zary. (Wolf has another year to run at $850,000.)
Capwages has a new-ish feature, a cute little pop-up on contracts expiring this summer that gives AFP Analytics's estimate of what the player could be expected to sign for. AFP has Frost, Coronato, and Zary each signing for between $5.5m and $6m, which seems likely enough. That leaves $19m for six players, or more than $3m each. If you offer-sheet Bourque for 4.5 to 5 (giving up a 2nd-round pick), you still have more than $14m left for the last five players on the roster. The only other significant RFA is Bahl.
There is no chance that an offer sheet in that range would put the Flames in any danger of going over the cap.