$6, 5, 5 = $16M over 3 years ($5.3M hit).
$6, 5, 5, 4 = $20M over 4 years ($5M hit.
$6, 5, 5, 4, 3 = $23M over 5 years ($4.6M hit)
$6, 5, 4.5, 4.5, 4, 3 = $27M over 6 years ($4.5M hit).
Anything more and the Flames are possibly hand-cuffing themselves and overpaying a guy destined to be on the 3rd, or possibly 4th line, in two or three years.
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