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Originally Posted by polak
I hope Brad doesn't play too hardball with our best player, but I feel like if they were close it'd be done by now.
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For the type of money Johnny is asking for (likely) you have to play hard ball. I love Johnny, but a lot of folks on here are acting like Johnny's a lock to be a top 5 player in the league for the next 10 years.
As much as I think he might be, that's a huge risk for the team to be taking and committing cap wise at this point. If Johnny wants big big dough and term, Flames might be better off pushing him to a bridge to solidify him being the player we all hope he will be.
I've also never seen a fan base as scared of "upsetting" their players as we Flames fans are. We have wanted our management to walk on broken glass for some pretty mediocre talents over the years. I feel like there is a real inferiority complex going on here. Calgary is a great market and an organization with a strong reputation across the league for how it treats players............we don't need to act like we're the ugly duckling all the time.