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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
It would be amazing for the Flames if Lucic retired.
I am racking my brain to think of an NHL player that retired with a substantial amount of dollars still left on their contract though.
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Amazing on the cap situation perhaps, but IMO, if a coach literally pushed a player to the point to leave that much money on the table, I don't think that's an easy off ice distraction to come back from. It might help short term, but it would be a long term black mark on the org and that cap space could very quickly evaporate for players refusing to back down on negotiations due to the circumstances of Lucic's retiring.