I'm completely baffled at why anyone is insinuating that the Flames are simply trying to "cheap out" on paying Gaudreau. There seems to be an underlying implication that the organization is simply trying to cut costs and save a couple million dollars. However, the organization has always been comfortable spending to the cap.
The name of the game is cap efficiency. Every team has up to $73M to spend this year. The more you can maximize that money, the better your team will do.
Treliving trying to play hardball with Gaudreau's agent is not because he doesn't like Johnny or he thinks he's bad player, he simply wants to maximize his cap. Gaudreau will more than likely score the same number of goals this year whether he's making $6.5M or $8M.
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