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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Giordano would be 40 years old in year 8 of his extension, should his extension be that long.
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Feels like he turns 38 next week
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Agreed. How many players have career years at 32, one year before becoming UFAs? There is little precedent for what Gio's camp is allegedly asking for, and it's coming up at a time when cap management is tighter than ever, and younger stars (of whom the Flames have several) are getting paid more than ever.
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It had crossed my mind that his agent saw this trend and was pushing to get some ink on paper ASAP, doing his best to insulate Gio from this shift that appears to see younger players demanding elite money with potential weighted far more heavily than the past, and some pretty shockingly short resumes.
I think many of these moves are seen as pure desperation by teams/management forced to overcompensate because they clearly lack the draw of competing clubs for a multitude of reasons. I'm sure agents of players like Gio will try to paint this exact picture, but BT easily counters with a guy like Tarasenko, and the fact that we have some pretty talented forwards working towards that level themselves (not to mention what suddenly feels like respectable defensive prospect depth).
I've been up for 24 hours now due to some weird schedule changes, and I'll admit the 8 year thing is probably a bit long. It likely takes 6-7 to get the cap hit anywhere near something this site is prepared to accept though.. Do we really think that Gio will struggle as a #4 after a dozen seasons?
Management has gone public sharing their belief that his contributions go far beyond game days..
Take 8% of the cap and look at salaries over since it was instituted and I think (again.. Tired as hell, may be wrong) that would probably put him in second pairing territory.
Again, if the be all and end all overall compensation Giordano has decided on is around 50-55M (a number I made up; can't be too much lower than that I'd there is any truth to the 72M rumor), are we willing to give that to him over 5 years? I think that even a 7x7.15 leaves us with a larger window for serious contention than 10x5. I'm sure if they were asking for an 8x9 contract we can quickly deduce that it's not backloaded, and that mark and his agent realize the majority of value he would provide to the team come in the first half of it and would have it front loaded accordingly.