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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
They won that Saad trade. They got an arguably better, cheaper player in Dano and they added a #2C who, lo and behold, they signed to the money Saad should have got. Meanwhile Saad signed a contract where he's one of the most overpaid players in the league.
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That will be determined in the next year or two, but I'm having a hard time believing Chicago won this deal. Chicago gave up the best player, by a large margin.
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If you do look at Chicago's contracts though, Bickell and Crawford are the "bad choices", not core players in Kane or Hossa or Toews or Seabrook or Keith or Hjalmarsson. It would be akin to the Flames handing Bouma a 3 million dollar contract or Ortio a 7 million long term contract. That's where they Flames will need to be cut-throat.
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You need to get value in
every contract, especially the big ones. When you make a mistake in handing out big dollar contracts to guys that cannot produce to expectations for that contract, it is a mistake. The more dollars involved, the bigger the mistake. Handing out a huge six to eight year contract to guy who sees his production dry up in two seasons is mistake that is driven through the heart of the organization. You don't make stupid mistakes by overpaying guys for what they have done. You pay them for what they
will do for you in the future. Giordano has probably two more seasons left in him where he'll be a top producer. After that the production will dry up, and dry up quickly. The Flames need to keep this in mind and make sure they only pay for these years and not handcuff themselves with a contract that will hold the organization back because they rewarded a player for what he has done, rather than what he will do.