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Originally Posted by Samuelsson
Was having this conversation on Twitter yesterday - someone argued that all hte other elite defensemen were getting paid AND term, at which point I argued that the elite defensemen signed within the last few years or so (Weber, Suter, Subban) were all considerably younger than Gio.
Gio has 1 season of elite-level play, and he'll be 32 in October (33 by the time the new contract kicks in). No chance he gets $7m per for a considerable amount of time; it should be front-loaded, petering off in the tail-end years.
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His numbers the last 2 seasons are almost identical.
61 GP 48 PTS
64 GP 47 PTS
Top 10 both seasons in ice time per game league wide as well.
He is definitely in the elite dman category.