The Calgary Flames started off the off-season by losing their best player, Johnny Gaudreau. Now they're doing everything in their power to retain Matthew Tkachuk. Tkachuk is far and away the Flames best player and trying to avoid a rebuild means signing him to a contract.
The biggest problem for the Flames is that no matter what the arbitrator awards, the Flames will not be able to walk away from the deal. So if Tkachuk is deemed to be entitled to a 1 year deal valued at $12,000,000 that will be Tkachuk's final deal.