To me this screams of the Flames trying to stay in the good books of Zadorov in an attempt to keep him long term moving forward. I think both parties want to see the fit first.
On a 1 year deal 3.75M is the high end of what he should be making. I can't imagine an arbitrator would have awarded more than that. That should have been the number on a long term deal based on his comparable in Carlo.
Let's see how it works out.
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