I doubt very much that the Flames are demanding a two-way contract - having to pay him full salary in the minors doesn't hurt them.
What the Flames need is to have his NHL salary be as low as possible. So I would guess that the issue is the $200k of NHL salary, not whether or not it is a two-way.
The Flames would rather have it be $800K one-way, than $1M, two-way.
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