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Originally Posted by The Cobra
I seem to remember someone saying that the Flames could offer him arbitration instead of the QO?
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Yes, the team can file for what they call "cut down" arbitration without giving a QO. With that, they can request a reduced arbitration award down to 85% of the player's QO ($7.65 million, in Tkachuk's case).
Doing so would almost-certainly do permanent damage to the relationship between the team and player.