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Originally Posted by Vulcan
$8M per year would make Giordano the second highest paid defenceman in the league ahead of such players as Weber, Suter, Doughty, Karlsson and Chara. For me there are two things that will limit his salary. His age and his lack of history as a top defenceman. You could also throw in his injury time during the last couple of years where he's shined. I see something between $5 and $7M for maybe 5 years seems reasonable otherwise we could end up with a situation resembling Brian Campbell's.
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Disagree.
He would not be the the 2nd highest paid(in actual salary or total contract). He (might) have the 2nd highest cap hit.
If that is the case, he would likely only be the 2nd highest cap hit for 1year, as Seabrook, and others will likely surpass within a year.
Gio will have to have a high cap hit because of his age, as they can't ammortize this contract over a huge term, and they likely don't wat to go past 5-6yrs with this deal.