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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
pretty bad contract but the Flames didn't have much leverage
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Disagree.
Opens up some options. Keeps the cap hit lower than $4M so they have more room to add another piece without being forced to move someone out (Eichel wouldn't fit of course).
Plus if the Flames do a face plant they likely do better than the third they used to acquire him by flipping him at the deadline as a rental.
The more teams move away from this fear of losing players to UFA the more financial flexibility they're going to have.