Agreed. Zero issue the way it was handled from the Flames side.
Likely an overpay and giving him the ability to set the guidelines for negotiation a year ago. A courtesy the organization didn’t have to extended, but did, along with everything else done to make the team better and treat your top player with respect…same as not trading his rights for a 5th round pick or something frivolous in the past 2 days…for all the time and energy the Flames spent for seemingly nothing, but handled it with class and that will be noticed by other players in and outside of the organization in the future.
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