Ace Rimmer
Stoke me a clipper.
Found the other billionaire.How is that not a smart premise?
It misses the entire point that cap space is an asset that can be exchanged for other assets.
For a winning team, you need it, and will pay for it. For a losing team, you can offer it, and get paid for it.
The Flames generally have not retained until this year, and rumours of other trades being struck by ownership due to salary retention, but we will never know whether the Flames are retaining now because there is a change of thinking and that was the way to facilitate the best return, or if that's just the standard business practice amongst teams and given no choice.
It's Edwards being penny wise (focusing on the annual budget) but pound foolish (missing out on the big picture)