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Originally Posted by Bingo
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.
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$4m isn't exactly ideal either, though. I would've thought $3.75m would've been the target on a long-term contract... it's suspect to say the least on a one-year deal where the guy is coming off a not-so-great season. Sure, he had a $3.2m QO... but still.