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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I also don't think it is a given that they accept a favorable Hathaway judgement. With the new depth, his place on the team is shaky at best.
If I were his agent I'd be advising to take any 1 way deal that is offered.
Otherwise he could find himself out of the NHL altogether.
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A team can only walk away from an arbitration award over a certain amount (at the start of the CBA, it was $3.5 million, but it adjusts upward with the cap, so I'm not sure what it is this year -- CapFriendly says it's $4,222,941).
There's no way Hathaway will be getting an award anywhere close to that, so the Flames won't be able to walk away.