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The Flames wasted a lot of money in 2015-16

One of the more peculiar aspects of the 2015-16 Calgary Flames campaign was some notable absences. We've already gone over the many, many injuries of Lance Bouma (and the other Flames) during this past season. But how often did the Flames sit out healthy bodies and pay players that were able to play not to?

Well, it turns out it happened a lot.

For the purposes of ease, each player is listed with the number of games they were paid not to play on the NHL roster and their cap hit in brackets. (In Dennis Wideman's case, his suspension pay was calculated per day and not per game, so his cap total is different as a result.