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Originally Posted by Weitz
Anyone think that when he burned a year of his contract there was some sort of motivation from the Flames saying "oh you will get paid sooner" or something along those lines, and then now that he doesn't have any rights they play hard ball and cause hurt feelings so to speak?
Was Treliving and co in place when he first came? I'm just speculating as my co-worker brought that up this morning.
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The burned year was at the agent's request, which is pretty common in college hockey.
I think that hurt Arnold a lot as he's out the door now without a third year to prove himself.
It gets Gaudreau to a new contract sooner, but also saddled him an extra RFA year to weigh down a long term deal.
Certainly wasn't a Flames ploy at all.