It would be interesting to see if a team would make a stupid offer for Gio if he did hit the market. I think GMS are starting to smarten up and realize how much these deals can hurt you and how difficult they are to move. Guys like Tarasenko and O'Reilly got paid but they are still very young. We all thought Glencross would get a dumb deal but now it looks like he will have to take whatever is there. Obviously Gio is a bit different since he is a stud dman but it wouldn't overly surprise me if no team was willing to shell out a huge deal that paid him big bucks in to his late 30s and early 40s. Unfortunately there wasn't a similar comparable this off season to test things. All we can do is hope Gio is reasonable.
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