With a last minute deal, the Flames have avoided the potentially nasty arbitration process and signed defenseman Ian White to a one year, $2.999M contract early this morning.

As expected, Cap Geek is showing that this puts Calgary approximately $2.4 million over the salary cap.

Now with the final major piece in place (for now), it's time to clarify the Kotalik situation, and deal with one or both (please make that both, Daz) of the Staios and Sarich contracts to free up some cap room.