I think if they want to move the Monahan contract you buy him out. All you need to do is get an arb case so you can buy him out in Aug (Tkacuk, Mangipane and Klyington are eligible but not sure if those are the players you want to go through that process with). That should be the right amount of time to recover from the hip surgery (I think it is 4 months) which brings us to the end of July early August. Buyout saves 4M next season and costs the Flames 2M the following season.
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