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Originally Posted by taxbuster
So…if the Flames burn all the vets this year…Ras, Coleman and Kadri….how are they going to make it to the cap floor for 26-27? Will they not have to take on UFAs? And this year’s draft picks won’t be ready for several years, or do we just keep bringing in undeveloped 19 and 20 year olds and hope they don’t get hurt constantly?
I don’t see how that works in any effective manner. Or does one expect that they’ll just take on a slew of bad contracts?
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The floor is going to be $76.9M? Let's play with some hypothetical numbers!
The Flames are currently at $79.5M cap hit for next season.
- Gone UFA: Lomberg ($2M), Bean ($1.75M)
- Gone Traded: Andersson ($4.55M), Kadri ($7M), Coleman ($4.9M)
- New Contracts: Wolf ($7.5M+), Pospisil ($2.5M+), Backlund ($3.25M-)
Puts the Flames at $63.05M if there is no retention. Almost $14M under the floor.
- Retain $2.45M on Coleman
- Retain $3.5M on Kadri
The Flames would need to sign one player for at least $7.85M? Not a lot of options to go after:
Laine (probably wants big term)
Hayes (Could probably do a big one year deal)
Unlikely that the Flames land a big fish in UFA next year. Signing two smaller pieces could do it:
- Extend Lomberg ($3M) and add Ferraro ($4.85M) to 1 year deals