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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Can you actually defend or attack an argument here?
Why should calgary re-sign Hudler? What contract is a fair contract in the same offseason that Giordano's deal comes into play as well as the extensions to Monahan and Gaudreau?
What term and contract value would you be comfortable with and what would be too much for you?
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I sure can. Why should the Flames re-sign Hudler? Because he is a leader, a mentor, a solid top 6 winger who plays the right side and because there is nobody that will be available to replace him. Who replaces Hudler on an already weak RW spot? Frolik? A better two way player than Hudler but not as skilled and certainly not a top line winger? Jones? Nope, he is almost certainly gone and again, not a top line winger and not really even a top 6 winger. Colborne? Not nearly talented enough. Poirier? Not even close to ready to fill that role. Free agency? Nope, will be nothing there. You can make moves to re-sign Hudler and I would be fine with something like 3x5.5M per at a high end. Hudler buys the organization time on the right side which they desperately need help at. Maybe the Flames find a way to unload a Smid, Stajan, Raymond, or Backlund as well in the off season to clear up even more cap space because Hudler at present is more valuable to the Flames than those guys are. Or you can deal him a the deadline for a 2nd that odds say will never be an NHL player. Seems like a no brainer to me.