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Originally Posted by Parallex
True, but those slots don't become open until July 1 meaning that they don't offer the prospect of 9+ NHL games (and a burnt year on the ELC) this year that currently open slots offer. Three is plenty enough though since it'd be pretty difficult for a team to sign more then three college free agents that are good enough to command a pre-July 1 contract.
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The point I was attempting to make was that the Flames could potentially sign three college free agents and get to the 50 contract limit without any real concerns as a number of contracts will be coming off the books at the AHL/ECHL level. With Cameron, Patterson, Nemisz, Wahl, Bancks, and others coming off the books it opens up more space than was available last year when only Grantham and MacMillan were UFAs.