2014-2015 Flames Cap Room

[Split98]

Originally Posted by Azhouse

Ain't that the truth.

I don't think he would waive, especially if Calgary is in playoff contention.

He's not adding much this year though is he?

He always pops in a couple, skates hard once, and just overall just enough to make us think "buuuuut... maybe?"

But I really would love to see something useful come back our way for him. I can't stand seeing #20 on the ice.

[Split98]

Habs fan brought this up after watching us demolish them last night:

"Imagine Iginla coming back to Calgary to get his cup"


... hate all you want, but I'd enter Fanboy 9000 if Calgary is an Iginla away from becoming contenders.

[automaton 3]

Originally Posted by Jacks

If I'm not mistaken the new TV revenues kick in next year, the cap ceiling and cap floor could be rising substantially. We will still need to keep some higher priced veterans around. I wouldn't mind picking up a star RW to eat up some cap space so we can have the flexibility to play some of the young guys who are ready and move out some of the underpreforming or chronically injured vets.

Part of the TV money was apparently factored in to this year's cap as a compromise. This article estimates the cap should increase to $74M+ :

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...ticle19387905/

[Weitz]

I wonder how the Canadian $ will factor into the salary cap. Rumored to hit as low as $0.80 or even lower.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I wonder how the Canadian $ will factor into the salary cap. Rumored to hit as low as $0.80 or even lower.

I would expect significant impact - equivalent of lowering revenue of the Canadian teams (and they are all among the top half in revenue generators in the league) by 20%

[Fire]

For the short-term, a slow-down of the growth of the salary cap should be beneficial for the Flames. Teams close to the cap will have a hard time signing their pending UFAs leaving teams with a lot of cap space a chance at some good players. When it gets to the point where all the Flames young players are looking for big contracts the Flames are hoping the cap roof rises significantly year over year.

[Hackey]

Originally Posted by Split98

Habs fan brought this up after watching us demolish them last night:

"Imagine Iginla coming back to Calgary to get his cup"


... hate all you want, but I'd enter Fanboy 9000 if Calgary is an Iginla away from becoming contenders.

If the Flames are ever an Iginla away from being a contender than their already contenders.