Flames have no salary cap?
Move one of Lucic or Monahan at full cap for a late ish first and we're good.
Ruzicka yet to re-sign, but his cap will be AHL and won't affect current situation.
This is truly the Summer of BigDick Brad Treliving
Well... it has to go proportionately with how ginormous his balls have been to been aggressive in addressing this impossible situation head on though.
Absolutely hate it.
If it’s a 7m aav this legit sucks day 1. If he regresses back to his production of the last few years, we’re paying 7m to get marginally better backlund
Paying 1.65 AAV on a Backlund caliber C is not a detrimental situation. Like we've said before, the 1-1.5 overpayments on your top guys is not an issue. It's paying that on bottom 6 that's the issue.
By the time our calculated risk window closes in 2-3 seasons, it's fine as a cap floor contract. It'll also still potentially be desirable contract at that time if the cap goes up and we retain if Kadri doesn't totally fall off a cliff.
But bro, fingers crossed for you that we get a chance to swap Hanifin for Skjei.
Calgary fans should be thrilled. This is so cool.
Everyone expected a rebuild after Gaudreau left and the Tkachuk trade seemed imminent. But Calgary decided to totally re-vamp the offense around new players instead. I love it! Huberdeau is going to rock in CGY and Kadri could be a huge piece.
I'll say it. I'm becoming a Flames fan. I'm on the bandwagon, baby!
This... was considered to be impossible to pull off at the beginning of the offseason. So many of these threads would have been auto locked on the forums if recommended. Treliving pulled off a masterclass of trolling NHL 2022 in real life.
We also replaced Tkachuk intangibles via Kadri and while the top end elite talent is lower, the roster is significantly more well rounded than before. The on ice product is projecting to be on par if not superior to last season.
7x7 to a 32 YO player who plays with an edge...this contract is NOT going to age well.
Who cares. It's fine for now. In a few years, new powerhouses will emerge in 2-3 years time. With the state of the Pacific and a few Western conference teams plus this roster, this calculated gamble likely is the best chance we'll have at the cup in the next 10-15 years. Ducks, Kings, Sens, MTL and a few others are also still rising while a lot of the top contenders will hold their positions for quite a few seasons yet before only starting to slow down in a few seasons.
There are worse things to have than a smallish window chance to shoot your shot, but then a country club mediocre roster that still projects to have a very entertaining on ice product even when we're mediocre.
I'm psyched!
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