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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Flames got rid of a coach for an incident long before his contract, but of course, that was a private employment contract and not a collectively bargained one. And I suspect the Flames paid a hefty severance - maybe the whole thing. The equivalent to firing Peters and paying a severance would be a buyout but you can't buy out Dube's contract.
Thing is for the Flames - he's taken a leave, not listed on the roster, he has only a half season left on his contract and presumably won't be re-signed. And the Flames have no need of his cap space. There's no real need to do anything.
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This exactly. The Peters situation is certainly comparable, given the incident happened before his employment. But not collectively bargained so Flames had more latitude to deal with it.
Now even in that case, they negotiated a resignation and some could argue they might have wanted to negotiate some termination wording.
But let's get real. Flames didn't want Peters associated with the team any more and that was accomplished.
And for all intents and purposes, Dube is no longer associated with the Flames.