[Flame On]

I don't know how Kipper is taking any flak about this.
The Flames mismanage the situation; as they seem to do for every situation, and wait until the last munute where they wake up and go "oh we better do something about this asset" only he's just had a kid and wishes to support his family by staying.
The Flames could have sorted this out at any point before.
Their monumental mismanagement from asset management, to scouting, to prospect development is what's at fault.
Basically Kipper has offered to free up what, like7 million in cap space if the team decides to go forward with a trade of him.