Speculation: What are the chances cammy re-ups in calgary?
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It all depends on the market and his priorities.
The Flames need to spend their money somewhere. They've got a couple of RFAs to sign, but they're going to have to sign at least a couple of UFAs just to hit the cap floor.
Ideally they don't want those UFA contracts to be too long as the money long-term is likely better spent on the Flames own young RFAs like Backlund, Brodie and Monahan.
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I say 70/30. We've got a crap ton of money and we need to make it to the floor. He can also be a A. And it seems like Burke always gets what he wants
InfinityIggy
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I think if the Flames can sign a goalie, #1 centre and top 6 RW, then Cammy would consider resigning. Otherwise, I think its a 0% chance he wants to stick around with yet another rebuilding squad. He played for LA, Montreal, and Calgary during their rebuilds
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While I understand it's likely the only way for this to happen, I'm worried about the dollar aomunt as the cap is not projected to go very high (to around 69-69m instead of 71+m) mostly due to the Canadian dollar.
I think the Flames are fine in goal with Ramo/Ortio.
Bottom line is the Flames are rebuilding whether he stays or not. If he wants less money to play for a winner then he's going to leave.
The Flames are so far under the cap it won't be an issue. They'll have between 25 and 29 million to spend with 17 players already under contract. They'll need to take care of some RFAs too, but that shouldn't cost a fortune.
Bottom line is they need to hand out 1 or 2 big contracts just to hit the floor.
From my calculations, Cammy has a 47.366914492934% chance of him re-signing here. You heard it here first, folks.
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From our perspective it makes sense. If we sign another FA to Cammy money, then we get all the unknowns that come along with it. How will he play, will he buy in, is he a good locker room guy? We know all those things with Cammy already and the answer is yes to all. Calgary can offer Cammy as good of money as anyone, Burke can say if you play well and we are out of it next year I will find you another team. He likes it here, likes how our team is run, and likes the city. I think there is a definite chance. Of course the major draw back is we are a rebuilding team. I'd say 65/35 he resigns.
I can see why the Flames would want to re-sign him. I can't see why Cammalleri would want to re-sign, especially since he's always emphasized how much he wants to win.
One can rationalize Cammalleri signing a one year deal and then being traded to a contender but that provides neither career security nor is a guarantee of a trade being accomplished, as was the case this year.
The only reason Cammalleri might re-sign here is because the Flames can or will likely pay him more than any other team, save maybe Buffalo. But in that case, the organization's just handcuffing themselves to a one-dimensional, injury prone, aging player.
One can rationalize Cammalleri signing a one year deal and then being traded to a contender but that provides neither career security nor is a guarantee of a trade being accomplished, as was the case this year.
The only reason Cammalleri might re-sign here is because the Flames can or will likely pay him more than any other team, save maybe Buffalo. But in that case, the organization's just handcuffing themselves to a one-dimensional, injury prone, aging player.
I don't get the sentiment that he'll sign here and then we can trade him at the deadline. Logic is flawed. Why wouldn't he just sign where he wants?
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Anglesmith
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It's not the Flames' cap I'm worried about..
I don't think you need to be too worried, though. First of all because at the deadline, the effective salary taken on by a team is only about a quarter of the AAV, and secondly because we can even then retain half of that amount. So if he signs an $8M one-year deal, other teams can still trade for him next year with about $1M of cap space.
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Probably an important thing for a guy like Cammy (I think) is that it takes away having to move this summer, and if he did sign for another team during the off-season, there would be a chance that the season goes badly and he ends up moved again.
Cammy likes the city and the organization, and it may well be worth it to him to first of all have the opportunity to stay here until next deadline, and second of all have a more firm guarantee of going to a certified contender at the deadline as opposed to one where you're guessing before the season even begins.
This is true. Take Alfredsson for example. He just might miss the playoffs. Likewise with Jagr. But on the other hand, a deadline deal might not getcha to the playoffs. Look at Hemsky this year.
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Flames could offer him more money than most contending teams can, for one. As someone else mentioned, it also hypothetically guarantees he's on a playoff team, rather than potentially signing with a team that has a bad season and misses the playoffs (but may not want to trade him at the deadline).
I actually kind of hope he doesn't. We sign a UFA this offseason to an expensive contract *cough*Iggy*cough* and free up the left wing for the young guys.
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