[VICE™]

Courtesy TSN, Bouwmeester signed a five-year deal with a $6.6M cap hit.

Not bad for trading a 3rd round pick.

[Therapist_Joe]

So here's my cap calculation for players currently under contract:

Jarome Iginla RW 7 Mil
Jay Bouwmeester D 6.68 Mil
Dion Phaneuf D 6.5 Mil
Olli Jokinen C 5.25 Mil
Daymond Langkow C 4.5 Mil
Robyn Regehr D 4.02 Mil
Cory Sarich D 3.6 Mil
Wayne Primeau C 1.4 Mil
Rene Bourque LW 1.35 Mil
David Moss LW 1.3 Mil
Curtis Glencross LW 1.2 Mil
Craig Conroy C 1.05 Mil
Mark Giordano D 0.891667 Mil
Eric Nystrom LW 0.6875 Mil
Kyle Greentree LW 0.65 Mil
Brandon Prust C 0.5 Mil

Miikka Kiprusoff G 5.833333 Mil
Curtis McElhinney G 0.535 Mil

Total players signed: 18 (5 defencemen, 11 forwards, 2 Goalies)
Payroll: 52.9475 Mil Cap breathing room: 4.325 Mil

Dustin Boyd's an RFA and expected to signed and Adam Pardy has apperantly signed but the terms haven't yet been made public.

It'll be a very interesting season, the defence core is very good if not the best in the league. I'd expect Regehr, Sarich, Phaneuf, and Bouwmeester to log most of the minutes. There isn't so much of a high caliber offence this year, but there still is a lot of potential. It's starting to look like they're going back to the old defencive style of Flames hockey.

Daryls done a lot of work, as a result Brent will have a good roster to work with.

[VICE™]

Sjostrom was a solid pick up. Part of the reason New York's PK was so good.

[Sherek X]

Darryl Sutter announced Jamie Lundmark has signed on for another season, and Jason Jaffray.

[shady82]

Originally Posted by Sherek X

Darryl Sutter announced Jamie Lundmark has signed on for another season, and Jason Jaffray.

If Lundmark can continue to play like he did last season and not like previous years, then that is a great signing by Sutter.

[VICE™]

Originally Posted by shady82

If Lundmark can continue to play like he did last season and not like previous years, then that is a great signing by Sutter.

He likely signed close to the minimum. Hopefully he got a one-way deal and not a two-way like last year, he at least earned that much.

[Sherek X]

We aren't the only ones who think they'll have a standout defence next season.
Team Canada's brass thinks so too after inviting three Flames defenceman - the most from any NHL team - to the summer orientation camp Aug. 24-27 in Calgary.

[Therapist_Joe]

Originally Posted by Sherek X

We aren't the only ones who think they'll have a standout defence next season.
Team Canada's brass thinks so too after inviting three Flames defenceman - the most from any NHL team - to the summer orientation camp Aug. 24-27 in Calgary.

I really wish I was in town to watch Bouwmeester and Phaneuf playing togeather...

[shady82]

watch the **** out, McGratton is now a Flame and he's gonna mess some people up.

[VICE™]

I wonder if he's going to bring cocaine into the dressing room in a big way, much like he did in Ottawa.