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Giordano stayed in Calgary last time around despite his agent recommending going elsewhere, and stayed for less money than his agent targeted. Hopefully Giordano loves it here so much he will do the same this time, but his agent, Ritch Winter, doesn't hold the same feelings toward the team unless directly instructed to by his client. Winter is ruthless agent, which, from a player's perspective isn't a bad thing, but Winter will bend at his player's advice. So it shouldn't be surprising the negotiation will start at an extreme and probably very slowly work its way toward what we expect, perhaps with Gio advising his agent to take a little less to finish things like last time.