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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
We used to think that Flames ownership loathed buying out players but buyouts have been the norm under Treliving as the Flames have paid O'Brien (Treliving inherited), Raymond, Bouma, Murphy (part of the Lack trade), and Brouwer not to play for them.
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I don't know if I'd include Ryan Murphy there. He got bought out, but by bringing him with Lack we were able to get Carolina to retain. So Flames ownership saved just over 1M in that deal.
I think ownership has been adverse to buying out more than the last year of any deal, with Brouwer being the only exception.
I think buying out 3-4 years of a 5.75M players is an entirely different ballpark for comfort.