This actually makes good sense from the Flames perspective. Assuming Stajan keeps playing over his head and Backlund can make it back and keep producing, this allows us options. If we get O'Reilly and we still aren't in a playoff spot, we can move Tanguay back to wing, and let Cammalleri go for a 1st rounder come trade deadline (and he will fetch one - teams always overpay). Once that happens, we've pretty much balanced out next year's pay from Cammalleri to O'Reilly, and created better salary dispersion among all three forward ranks. This may also effectively render Cervenka out of a spot for next year.
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