The more I think about it, it really is fear mongering as you can probably count on one hand the number of times someone takes it all the way to UFA. After 4 years these are his options. Wait till Aug 15 and sign an ELC with anyone or sign his ELC with Calgary and if he gets into a game burn a year and get his first year signing bonus in April and then his second year signing bonus on July 1st. Probably gets close to 200k signing with the Flames with two years worth of signing bonuses vs 95k signing as a UFA.
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