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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Toews and Kane aren't really comparables though as they signed UFA deals.
Barkov/McKinnon deals are exactly what Monahan is looking at.
Johnny has better numbers than $7.5M Tarasenko. That's a direct comparable and much more than that puts Johnny above Gio on the pay scale two years into his career. We can pontificate on whether he merits $8M a year, but the ramifications of a 3rd year player being the highest paid player on a team will have some ramifications
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Yes, the ramifications will certainly have ... ramifications ...
Seriously though, I think that this is likely the biggest obstacle here: the Giordano ceiling, and how low it is compared to what Gaudreau and Monahan are comparatively worth. If the Flames are insistent on keeping the ceiling intact, then it will almost certainly mean short-term deals, but I don't expect that to actually happen.
These contracts will get done, and when they do Gaudreau at least will become the highest paid player in Flames history. Management knows it, and I think they are doing their utmost to keep that number manageable.