Caps going up next year, use that money to pay Mangiapane an extra 1M that he's earned

Yeah fine we could do that and mangy will probably deserve it, But I thought that they were holding the cap until 23-24

Probably have to give it to Tkachuk tbh. No reason for him to accept any AAV below 9, because he can just take his QO and then get 7 years at that number on the open market. Although I do agree a 5-6x5mil deal would be great for Mangiapane.

He wont get a QO, no chance Calgary doesnt file for arbitration to avoid it

Doesn’t Calgary have to offer him the QO to retain his rights prior to filing for arbitration?

Nope, team arbitration is before the QO window
Check here

Ah I didn’t know there was a pre-free agency window for team-elected salary arbitration, I guess it rarely gets used because teams would rather just give a QO first to buy a couple weeks of negotiating time, because usually they aren’t 9mil lol. I only knew about the 2nd window.

3 players got it this year, Brandon Carlo being one of them. Averaging out over the years I would say its about 10-20% of arbitration eligible RFA's.

Oh well, unless this current roster over performs.... hmmm... right... its all going to be mute, but i do like the spead across all four lines of talent