It will always be perplexing to me that Treliving refused to pay anything more than "market value" for guys like Gaudreau and Tkachuk which resulted in them signing contracts for less than the 8 year term limit, but on the other hand was perfectly fine carrying Lucic's dead cap hit of $5 million for years.
I still believe just buying out Neal would have served the Flames needs better in the short term and the long run.
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