The wrinkle on the Meier contract based on how capfriendly has it is that the final year of the contract is 10m.
Meier will be an rfa at the end of his deal, but he will have to be qualified at 10 million.
The tkachuk comparison to that deal would be 3 years to bring him to RFA status with a final year salary of 10 million which is something I can't see the flames even entertaining.
Imo the flames are looking for 5 years minimum and would really like to get the full 8 to avoid any kind of free agency hic ups going forward.
|