[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Saves $4M this year but costs $2M next year when Lucic comes off the books. Gives some flexibility

Maybe if the Flames were struggling to sign Johnny and Tkatchuk, I can that. But Treliving essentially gave himself a reset with the Huberdeau / Weegar contracts, so now there's no real urgency to trade Lucic or buyout Monahan, because they aren't in a cap crunch, and both contracts fall off next year when they would need the money (if they were to successfully extend Huberdeau and Weegar).