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Originally Posted by jayswin
If I'm the Flames and there's a chance for a superstar overpay, regardless of position I seriously consider it. You have to look at our absolutely solid prospect base with literally zero elite forwards and our likelihood to be too good to bottom out. Pay $13-$16mil for a superstar and see what we can do with this build.
We're heading into an unprecedented period where we have tons of cap space and the cap is rising very dramatically. Trading for an elite talent is insanely hard in this league, so if you can just pay $3mil too much per year for a first line superstar? F***ing do it!.
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The problem with the Flames overpaying for a superstar is that the Flames are likely some years away from being a true contender, and most if not all UFA's of that category are going to me 30 or so, and their timeline will likely not fit the Flames timeline. Not yet anyway. Maybe in a few years.
And supperstars at that stage will likely cost more than $13-16M.