If Glencross wants a $4.5m x 5 year contract (which he could very well get), that's $22.5m total.
If the Flames gave him something like $5.9 x 3, that's $17.7m total, which is pretty close in overall salary, he gets the money sooner, and he still has two more years to try to make up the difference.
Plus it lets him stay in his home province for a team on the upswing.
The Flames will have a quality NHL player, Glencross gets his money, and management has shown that if you scratch their backs in a totally-violating-the-spirit-of-the-CBA fashion, then they will scratch yours.
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