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Originally Posted by gvitaly
The contract doesn't bother me, at least as far as this year is concerned. The cap hit itself could be a bit of an issue in the last 2 years of the contract, as the Flames have to pay the likes of Parekh, McKenna, and Reschney, but that's pretty far into the future.
A smaller concern would be the Flames' willingness to reduce Huberdeau's role in a couple of years. He could be getting PP1 time, and top 6 ice-time ahead of some young up-and-coming players that would be stuck down the rotation, because of seniority/contract. That's a very specific hypothetical, but I could see something similar happening, or a Wrangler staying on the farm because there are no top 6 spots similar to Kerins this year.
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Well Backlund and Coleman are a couple larger salaries and they play 3rd line. And Huska wasn’t shy about moving Sharangovich down the lineup either.
Huberdeau would have to slow down a lot to be in the way of a Kerins.