On the CHL piece I have a feeling the Flames / NHL / CHL might come to terms on a special agreement for Parekh...guy has no use to go back to CHL.
In terms of the playoff salary cap and accrual changes it does make things interesting.
Teams like the Panthers and Oilers really have no space to make in-year improvements to their team without having to make tough trade off decisions come playoff time.
You'd think it would mean teams like Dallas, LA, Colorado, Carolina, etc would be more aggressive in making their acquisitions now, as no real benefit of waiting to add a piece at the deadline any more since you can't load up on accrued salary players to have a team way over the cap come playoff time.
So if you're going to pay the acquisition cost might as well add the player now, and get them adjusted to your system for the full season.
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Originally Posted by dammage79
And thusly, makes Rasmus Anderssons cap hit with full retention such a massive bargain that their return should be enough to really lift their build up long term .
Flames patience and lack of making moves may have finally paid off.
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No double retention, and the playoff salary cap should really make Andersson at $2.275M the premier trade asset available.