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Originally Posted by blender
Disagree with several points.
I believe Brodie is the best player on the Flames, evidenced by the teams performance with him out of the lineup.
There are many players in the league with similar or better scoring abilities. No knock on Johnny at all but he is somewhat unproven as an elite NHL scorer. The Flames know this and will bargain accordingly.
The Flames have had many highly skilled players over the years. Kent Nilsson obviously had the same type of skill set, but Iginla was undoubtedly the best player in the league for a couple of seasons and many players on the team in the late 80s were phenomenal talents.
His leverage is quite limited as well.
I just believe it is wrong to over-hype Gaudreau at this stage of his career. I may be wrong, but I think he will take Monahan money for 6ish years or a bridge deal.
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It's debatable whether TJ Brodie is the best defenseman on his team let alone best player.