Honestly, I think given the depth of the team, I doubt the Flames are worried about losing Lazar at all.
Obviously Treliving saw something in him to give up the second well over a year ago. But a mid-20-year-old 2 goal scorer is worth nothing in the NHL. Paying him $1,050,000 to play in the AHL is not something that the team wants to do.
The question on their minds isn't about protecting him from being claimed as much as whether another player, say Dube, pushes him off the team costing them roughly $1,000,000 this season. Or if it's not worth it to have him in the pressbox as a warm body.
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