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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
If the Flames had bought out Neal and Stone during the June buyout window, their combined amount that would count against Calgary's cap would be just under 3.1 per. That would save the Flames just under 6.2 per year in cap space this year.
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You are assuming that the Flames owners would approve of that many millions being thrown away.
I assume if that could have been authorized, it would have been done.
The Flames just made a trade that many (initially) considered questionable at best and saved about $10M in real dollars in doing so.
I doubt they were going to pay $15M for Neal to go away.