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Originally Posted by getbak
Yes, exactly. He needs three years of professional experience to gain full RFA rights. In order to gain a year of professional experience, a player must play a minimum of 10 professional games in that season while signed to an NHL contract.
His one game in Vancouver was enough to burn a year of his contract, but not enough to gain a year of experience.
That's why he's now stuck in this no-man's land of needing to sign a contract, but not having full RFA rights.
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There's no doubt that burning that first year of his ELC is now benefiting the Flames. I wonder if they did that intentionally?
Burning the first year was beneficial to Johnny in that he would get a big paid day a year earlier, but in the long run it might have cost him a couple million bucks.