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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
It was no secret he was going back to Europe, we knew this long ago
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They will often qualify players in that situation just to keep their rights because they know they don't have to actually give him a contract and he might decide to try North America again sometime.
In this case, it looks like he's signed a contract back home for two years and will be 27 years-old when it expires, so the Flames would lose his rights then anyway.