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Old 07-06-2015, 03:35 PM   #591
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Originally Posted by bizaro86 View Post
Could do a backroom deal where if his career is over he gets a "community ambassador" role for $20 MM over 4 years or something like that. Gio could make sure he gets the money by mentioning that if they don't pay it, every big RFA/UFA on the market gets a call from a former Flames captain explaining how they screwed him.

I agree it would work a lot better for the Flames if they could overpay gio for this year and maybe next year, and then have his cap hit reduce once he's ~35 and we need the $$ for the young guys. Maybe a 20 year, $22 MM deal with a handshake for a $18MM/3 year deal after? That works out to $40MM over 5 years with a much friendlier cap structure to the Flames.
That's clear cap circumvention and would carry massive fines and penalties from the league, no doubt.

No NHL team would consider this.
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