I don't think there's any point in sitting around worrying or anything, but I think it's safe to say we can kiss playoffs goodbye with no Gaudreau for anything over 8 weeks.
Presuming Gaudreau is not being unreasonable, I think it is likely Flames management is trying to get a bit greedy on capspace knowing they have two more pending tough contracts down the road in Bennett and Tkachuk, so are likely sticking to their guns. Not sure on what the right answer is, but not sure it is destroying another October / November squabbling over a few bucks in capspace that could be made up elsewhere with some prudent management of expiring contracts and cheap depth replacements.
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