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Originally Posted by BigFlameDog
When do contracts expire? I guess what I am wondering is if the Flames don't sign the above is there a period of time between expiring and July 1.
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All current contracts expire June 30, but the Flames can sign contracts now that don't start until next season.
They could sign Kulak, Culkin, and Gordon to ELCs that start in 2014-15, and have them play in Abbotsford (once their junior seasons end) on ATO (amateur try-out) deals.
For the players currently under contract, the Flames have exclusive negotiating rights with the players until the end of June (I don't know if the new 4-day "discussion" period prior to free agency changes that). If the player is a pending RFA, the Flames would still have matching rights to any offer sheets after July 1, so long as they make a qualifying offer to the player in time.