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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Lets be honest. He could be picking up where he left off last season and the extension is still horrible as this type of deal for a 30 something player only really makes sense if the Flames are in a Stanley Cup win-now mode to which they are not remotely close. The first season of the six year deal doesn't even begin until next season so the way he's struggling today may look like the good old days when the three years into the deal. He's a really good leader but this team proved last season it's not about him when they played arguably better when he went down to injury. IMO moving him while he still has solid value should be Treliving's main priority this season.
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If we aren't contending for a Cup in Giordano's contract I'll be one sad guy.
I'm all doom and gloom this year too, but I have some kind of optimism that last years team showed us what this team can do. There has to at least be a halfway point between last years team and this years. Add in a player like Puljujärvi with Bennett and Gaudreau and I don't think it's unrealistic that they are pushing for playoffs next year. The first year of his contract.