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Originally Posted by heep223
I'm pretty sure you're just trolling but you realize that he's the captain of the team right? And that as the captain, he led an extremely unlikely group to the second round of the playoffs. And that he's recognized around the league as being extremely hard working, dedicated, in shape, real pro, good guy off the ice, community minded. You know he was on the all star team. This guy has been a big part of shaping the culture of the group that just had pretty huge success and he wants to lead this team to a cup. This is the guy that Brian Burke, widely respected and been around the game for decades having won a Stanley Cup, named as one of the major reasons for this year's improbable success. This guy was pretty much a shoe-in for the Norris and led the NHL for points by a defenseman for most of the year until he was injured.
Or you could just ignore all of that and base your entire argument on your completely subjective and vague view that "next year could possibly be his last major productive season".
Plus he's a ninja so wtf
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Why would you say that? Just because I would handle the owners money and salary cap situation a little tighter than some of you that would empty your wallets on a mid-30's player? I was on the Giordano bandwagon long before most of you so please don't insult me with posts like this as I fully realize his value to the team but at the same time it's a business and it's one of those contracts where some give and take would have to be made by both sides as the age of the player simply cannot be ignored when talking about term. I have no issues with a front loaded deal but I would have big issues paying a 36 year old player $7-8 million/season as that type of money should only ever be paid on players in the prime of their careers.
You only need to take a look at the Glencross discussions a 1-2 years back when we discussed his supposed team friendly contract and how he was in for a big raise when it expired. How would we feel today if the Flames prematurely gave him that big raise given he's kind of been exposed as being on the downturn? I don't think many would he happy if he was starting a new four year deal averaging $4 million/season. Things can change fast when a player is in his 30's.