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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Yep, I agree with that pretty much. That's why I was so shocked when people in the Ferland Contract talks thread kept saying Ferly would be foolish to accept a multiyear deal. He should accept a 1 year deal, then collect a major payday after that deal.
It seemed like that was the majority opinion. A minority of guys said that if the club offers a multiyear deal, Ferly should jump at the chance. He's not an impact player (yet) nor does he have the high end skill to be a hard negotiator like that and turn down multi year offers. Ferly was smart to accept a 2-year deal and it was a smart deal for the Flames too. It'll give them time to see what Ferly actually is, and in my mind, he's forever a bottom 6 energy guy. And there's nothing wrong with that.
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It's kind of a minor point as to whether he should have signed a 2 year deal or not as the money would not have been much different.
But his play this year (not horrible at all) is exactly why the Flames should have locked in on a one year deal. Current management is a little too in love with multi year deals for my taste. We might be seeing better years from Bouma and Ferland if they were on 1 year deals. Neither of those guys had accomplished enough to warrant multi year deals IMO.