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Originally Posted by Komskies
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Interesting article, but clearly a lot of attempting to justify a long deal for Gio, that the Flames really have no choice but to sign.
Likely occurance if the Flames sign Gio beyond 3 years in the next extension (which they will) Gio will be under performing to his cap hit for each year after that point, getting worse each subsequent year beyond. In the last few years of an 8 year contract for Gio, it will be a huge anchor on this club, and if we sign that deal, we will really be putting our window for success for this group to be the next 5 years before Gio starts to under-perform in comparison to his cap hit, which will handcuff the team.
Don't get me wrong, we need Gio for the next 4 years, so we have no choice in the matter, it's just going to be tough after that point, but I guess that's a problem for years from now.