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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The math on Marner is pretty simple for the Flames.
This offseason they have 27 million in space. They have 9 forwards under contract (need to sign Zary, Frost and Klapka), they have 6 dmen under contract (need to sign Bahl).
If they sign Marner for 13.5, they have 13.5 to sign Zary, Frost, Klapka, Bahl. If those guys cost a combined 12.5 million they would have a million to sign two other forwards.
Next offseason if they spent 27 million this offseason that was on the books for 26/27 they would have 27 million and need to sign Wolf and Pospisil and replace 3 dmen, a backup goalie and two forwards. Point is they have more than enough cap room to sign a stud like Marner and sign their young forwards longterm if they want to.
That would be without moving any salary out.
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This actually pushes me further away from wanting to sign Marner.
The Flames need that cap space to acquire center depth. Locking up even more cap space into wingers really handcuffs the team from chasing that future #1C. If Frost walks because he is signed to a 1 year bridge contract then the team needs to find a future #2C along with a future #1C.
Also, there is no way Marner signs that $14M contract without a full NMC.
If we were not already in the Huberdeau situation then Marner might make sense but with both of them on the roster you run the risk of having a combined 25M/y aging out with no centres to play with them.