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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
There's absolutely no rush to get this done over the summer unless Winters puts in a self imposed deadline that they won't talk extension during the season, and I don't see that happening, Gio is a high character guy.
I think we're tilting at windmills, even if this is true, and we don't know that, its the opening position. Gio and Winter's are smart enough to know that there's going to be an exchange of term for dollars if he truly has a desire to stay here for the year.
I don't doubt that he's going to be paid in the upper realm of players in this league, but my gut tells me that its a 8 and 5 deal.
And I don't mind that at all.
if it does come down to a trade, it probably extends the rebuild by a couple of years, but the assets that come back would be formidable.
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Completely disagree.
You want the contract done prior to the start of the season so that it doesn't hang over the club, the player and the team during the season. You need as much time as possible to get maximum return if you're going to trade him, and you can't have him holding the organization hostage during the season only to be injured when you feel like you should trade him.
Trading Giordano speeds up the rebuild, it doesn't delay it.
For Giordano, you get back at least one formidable young building block in the same age and skill range as your current core group.
Calgary is desperate right now for that, and I think if it is left unaddressed this season, you're staring down the barrel of not getting the most out of this core group.
I look at Anaheim and drool. 3 Defenders under 23 playing 20 mins per night on a cup contender.
If Calgary is going to get the most out of Monahan/Bennett/Gaudreau, they're going to need that kind of supporting cast on the backend and right now that's only Brodie with nothing coming up after him, and you can't wait 2 or 3 years for it to happen on it's own.
That's why I think Calgary was rumoured to be in on Tyler Myers. They've identified their #1 organizational need: young, top end, defenders.