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Originally Posted by MarkGio
If the Flames sold Jonas Hiller at the deadline, the buying team has to take in 1.3 million in cap space. There are some teams who cant even afford it, that's how little cap space they carry. Guys like Purcell, Jones, Grabner, Borque, Legwand, etc. are not affordable since teams would rather eat up their last bit of space on a productive guy like Vbrata, Staal, Hudler, Hamhuis, Ladd, etc.
Plus every playoff team needs space for call ups. The cap crunch limits even expiring UFAs.
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All the Flames have to do in that case is take an expiring contract back... Which actually probably helps the flames as it would likely mean another piece thrown in by the other team as well.
I fully expect to see Hiller dealt at the deadline to someone for some insurance.