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Originally Posted by ricardodw
But by that time they were in the same position as all the other teams ..... they had nothing more to offer him than the Flames and Bruins and....
Had they made the max offer and blew off a year of his ELC and got him his $80K signing bonus a year early then it would have been a risky move for him not to sign
The Flames did this for Gaudreau and especially Arnold to lock him up before he became a UFA. If the Flames did not sign Arnold at the end of last season him and Hayes could be doing the UFA dance together today.
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That's pure speculation. The Hawks were able to also sign highly touted Stephen Johns and they didn't need to burn a year off his contract.