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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Why would the Flames do this? (they wouldn't) There is literally zero risk of this. And more than that, Lucic and the team would actually, you know, talk about the situation through the summer.
If he wanted to take his bonus and go home, I am pretty sure the Flames would be totally fine with it.
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This would be problem, a big problem actually. Naturally us fans and the GM would absolutely welcome this due to the obvious net benefit, but think about the precedent this would set if the Flames were to just say “meh, cya.”
If this was permissible, why wouldn’t all teams structure their cap with a mega bonus at the end so they can circumvent the cap because that’s exactly what this would be, cap circumvention. It’s probably the same reason why it’s so hard to find an example because we’ve never seen a case like this as all the other GMs in the league wouldn’t accept it.
Ultimately, this is what Treliving signed up for when he traded for Looch’s contract. He knew full well that these final years would not be pretty and Brad needed to work around it. Face it everyone, Lucic isn’t retiring and his no trade clause is a pain in the ass. Treliving as he said will move “heaven and earth” to re-sign who he needs to re-sign and if that comes at the cost of a good player or 2, then it shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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