The Flames are in an interesting position this summer, in that they have a lot of bad contracts coming off the books. Dennis Wideman and Deryk Engelland accounted for almost $9 million in cap space these past 3 seasons, but their contracts have finally come to a conclusion. With the Salary Cap remaining flat, the Flames have about $22 million to spend. Although they need to spend some of that money signing RFAs like Sam Bennett, Micheal Ferland, Curt Lazar and Alex Chiasson, there will still some money leftover.
However, as we constantly see throughout the entire NHL, having money to spend can be a very dangerous proposition.