2028/29 could be a pretty tough year to manage cap-wise for the Flames.
They'll still have Kadri and Huberdeau on the books as potentially pretty bad contracts, and whomever else they sign (or re-sign... Frost, Klapka etc) as they enter the competitive window, and they will have Zary, Farabee, Parekh, Basha, Battaglia, Honzek, Gridin and Morin all expiring then.
Obviously, those guys won't all pan out or need massive raises, and maybe a couple will be traded, but that will be tough to navigate, especially if a few of those guys turn into stars and if the Flames have an internal cap they need to follow.
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