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Originally Posted by Five-hole
Sounded to me more like he wasn't interested in playing somewhere else (or anywhere) beyond this year. So the whole "it's only 2-3 months" argument fails.
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True, it sounds like Toronto wouldn't make the deal unless Kipper played next year as well.
It was a dumb contract by the Flames to begin to get a better cap hit.
Front loaded contract with an NTC and then NTC is lifted when he's worth nothing.
Flames put themselves in this situation where a aging goalie will retire instead of making the 1.5 million next year.