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http://thehockeywriters.com/calgary-flames-cap-woes-just-another-hurdle/
For all of you that are lobbying to have Johnny paid whatever his demands are this is a good reason to rethink your thoughts. Realistically speaking the Flames can't go more than $7 M a season or they will face further fines next year because Sam Bennett will have bonuses as will Jankowski and Tkachuk if they make the team. The cap is tight tight tight unless Wideman, Smid, Or some other player is moved.
Good read to understand the cap crunch the Flames have.
From the previous $8.5 million, the Calgary Flames lost a total of $630,500 in cap space. Due to an overage penalty resulting from seven players hitting bonuses.
The most interesting part of all of this hoopla, or perhaps the most rage-inducing (depending on who you ask), is the 2014 buyout of Shane O’Brien — previously believed to be a compliance buyout, was a regular buyout.
For all of you that are lobbying to have Johnny paid whatever his demands are this is a good reason to rethink your thoughts. Realistically speaking the Flames can't go more than $7 M a season or they will face further fines next year because Sam Bennett will have bonuses as will Jankowski and Tkachuk if they make the team. The cap is tight tight tight unless Wideman, Smid, Or some other player is moved.
Good read to understand the cap crunch the Flames have.
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