I think some people have unrealistic expectations, and/or have a "hate on" for a particular player that clouds their judgements and colors their opinions.
Almost universally this signing is being seen as "good" or at least "market value" and again almost universally as "what the Flames needed". And that is by fans of the Flames, fans of other teams, so called "experts" and pundits.
However, there are a few that fancy themselves as closet GMs that truly don't understand how things work. They are mad at either the term or the $ based on no tangible evidence and yet their alternatives are nonsensical. Trading multiple assets to get an RFA that is "a proper top 6 player" puts us in other difficult cap situations and sacrifices longer term future plans. If you think this signing is an overpay, what you would be advocating above is an extreme overpay, both in terms of assets given up and likely cost to secure (if it was a reasonable contract the original team would be getting the paperwork done).
Trades/signings don't happen in a vacuum.
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