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Originally Posted by ComixZone
…I thought we had this sorted?
Buy him out. Re-sign him. Bada bing!
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I actually don't hate this idea. If Gio was willing to make a deal with the team to take a buyout then re-sign with the Flames after the expansion draft on a 1 or 2 year deal at less AAV, it could work for everyone. Gio (depending on the dollar amount) wouldn't be out any actual money, and in fact may come out ahead. The Flames would potentially gain cap space and with Gio becoming a UFA my understanding is he wouldn't be subject to the expansion draft. Maybe it's naive and of course it's easy for me to suggest while playing with someone else's money, but if Gio really wants to be in Calgary and the Flames really want to stay, it could be the sort of 'out of the box" solution that just might fit.