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Originally Posted by flameswin
Oh I totally get that for sure, it was a huge signing in regards to our options with Gio. I was just pointing out, like you said, it's not a shot across the bow, because the phrase 'shot across the bow' is what it is.
Dougie Hamilton is a nice back up piece for a possible Giordano departure, but I look at this way; If Gio had already been locked up to a reasonable contract before July 1st, Treliving would have still gone hard after Hamilton and got him. So in that respect I don't see any ties to us getting Hamilton and it being leverage or being a replacement for Gio.
It was simply a case of a franchise D-man coming available and the Flames taking advantage.
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If you play out that hypothetical situation though, it doesn't look for keeping Gio either.
You have brodie signed at what, 4.5? Giordano at 7.5.
You trade a 1st and 2 x 2nds for Hamilton and sign him to 5.75.
Looking at that roster, who is the odd man out?
For me, it's the 32/33 year old guy making almost 2 million dollars more than guys a decade younger playing the same role.
Short of an outrageously-low-for-the-expectations-contract, the more I think about it, the more I have trouble figuring how or where Giordano fits that doesn't see him leave the club like Patrick Sharp just did, with a top prospect tied around his waist.
I don't want to see that.