NHL Free Agent Frenzy has arrived and the Calgary Flames head into the day with plenty of cap space. Calgary also has some very specific needs that they would like to fill on the busiest day for transactions on the NHL calendar each year.
One year ago the Flames locked up a forward, defenseman and a goaltender, though they may have overpaid for the wrong targets in 2014. Mason Raymond was brought in on a three year deal that pays him $3.15 million per year. Deryk Engelland was signed to an outrageous $2.9 million contract on a three year term and goaltender Jonas Hiller played admirably in year one of a two year pact at $4.