The more I think about it, the more I think we are going to throw a big, front-loaded contract at Vernon that the Fins cannot possibly match.    With the release of Clemons and Beadles,  we have so much cap room we can throw a big front loaded contract at Vernon and still go about trying to sign as many targeted  players as possible.   There's almost no way we can spend too much money.   We have that much cap room.      We have so much cap room, we can front load these contracts for year one and have massive cap room next year. 

 

Most other teams would not tie themselves up for a week waiting to see if Miami can match their offer.  We have so much cap room, we are in a situation where we will either get Vernon or not, and it doesn't affect any other offer we can make to any other player.  

 

It sure looks to me like free agency could not be teed up any better for us.  

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