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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Cap floor is easy - Treliving's first year they overpaid on the market for guys like Engelland (turned out to be a decent deal), Raymond (that one wasn't good), Hiller (was ok at first), Potter (meh), and Setoguchi.
Heck, there may be a bad deal on a shorter term (1-3 years) that the Flames can finally get paid to eat. Getting to the cap floor is easy. It is trying to stay under it while being competitive that is hard.
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If we sign a bunch of 3rd liners and bottom pairing D then we'll have the same problem as this year. Guys like Kuznetsov and Kerins will end up on waivers again because they didn't clearly beat a veteran for a top 9/ top 4 role out of camp. So keeping spots open should be something they keep in mind.
It the hypothetical scenario where Kadri, Coleman, Andersson, Lomberg and Bean are gone:
Huberdeau - Frost - Coronato
Honzek - Backlund - Farabee
Sharangovich - Zary/Reschney - Gridin
Pospisil - Morton - Klapka
Players that will need an immediate look upfront: Stromgren, Kerins, Suniev
Kuznetsov - Weegar
Bahl - Parekh
Hanley - Pachal
Players that will need an immediate look on D: Brzustewicz, Grushnikov