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Savvy27 · 04-25-2025, 04:57 PM

I don't think they would even need to move out contracts for Bennett.

By the end of the first year they would have $4.5M (Backlund), $2.0M (Lomberg), and $1.88M (Markstrom) coming off the books. Bean and Miromanov will likely be gone too. Obviously those positions would need to be replaced but I think that allocating money for a top 6C is way more critical than filling out the bottom of the lineup, especially given the promising prospects they have coming who can fill out the bottom 6 with ELCs.

After year 2 Coleman will be coming off and after year 3 Sharangovich and Farabee would be up. Overall the Flames are probably in the best position to add a UFA right now that they will see for a while. Unfortunately it isn't a great crop of UFAs, but Bennett is a guy I would love to see them bring back.

04-25-2025, 04:57 PM	#397
Savvy27 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Sep 2002 Exp:	I don't think they would even need to move out contracts for Bennett. By the end of the first year they would have $4.5M (Backlund), $2.0M (Lomberg), and $1.88M (Markstrom) coming off the books. Bean and Miromanov will likely be gone too. Obviously those positions would need to be replaced but I think that allocating money for a top 6C is way more critical than filling out the bottom of the lineup, especially given the promising prospects they have coming who can fill out the bottom 6 with ELCs. After year 2 Coleman will be coming off and after year 3 Sharangovich and Farabee would be up. Overall the Flames are probably in the best position to add a UFA right now that they will see for a while. Unfortunately it isn't a great crop of UFAs, but Bennett is a guy I would love to see them bring back.