The risk with Giordano is injury.
The more I think about it, the more it might make more sense to do something ridiculous like 10-11MM over 1 or 2 seasons. It pays him over and above, but eliminates a bit of that injury risk. If he continues to perform, after those seasons, he can sign another big deal and likely will have made more money in the long run.
But if I'm Giordano, I'm sticking to asking for 8-9MM / season, as that is honestly what I think his market value is if you look at Subban or Weber or others, and yes, Giordano is in that ballpark.
Some of you are hoping 7MM for a Norris caliber defencemen? A bit delusional if you ask me, this guy is always so underrated, and his intangibles are what turned this team around when it needed it the most. Some of you say 'well we made playoffs without him'... more like he turned the culture and team around for 60+% of the season, which brought a lot of intangible characteristics that teammates bought into, not to mention if he wasn't around for those games we definitely would NOT have made playoffs, not to mention if he WAS around for the playoffs- we probably could have taken Anaheim or at least made a contest out of it.
We need Giordano to be a legitimate cup contender.
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