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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Buy-outs happened quite a lot this past off-season, even from ownership groups that were notoriously tight with money. Burke (and Feaster before being let go) stated that he has the green-light to spend to the cap. I do not think it is a far-fetched idea that the ownership group would refuse to buyout Tanguay. I could see them telling Feaster to go out and try to make a trade, but if Feaster came back and said that the only trade possible was another buyout candidate with more money and term on his contract, would the owners really say no at that point? There were so many buy-outs last year - surely the Flames' owners aren't the 'cheapest' in the league, are they?
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Look at the teams that used those buyouts, the vast majority were were done for cap reasons on because the contract was so ridiculously bloated that they were completely unmoveable even for another bad contract (Gomez and Redden). Neither Tanguay nor the Flames fit that criteria.
In addition to that, how many times have the Flames exercised their right to buyout a contract since it became a possibility? I can only think of once and it was a small contract that was a 1/3 buyout due to the age of the player.
So yes I do believe it was a far fetched idea.