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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Was that what people were saying? If anything people were scared of the term and dollars Gio wanted and definitely didn't want the Flames going $9M per for 8 years. Johnny is the opposite situation where we want the term and the dollars are key but if he breaks the bank we at least have him for his prime. Gio's new deal is pretty much all past prime years
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For sure some were cautioning about term especially. But I saw plenty of people saying "give him whatever he wants - he's the best player/heart of the team".
Johnny is indeed the opposite, including the fact that, while he's been fantastic for two years, that's the extent of the track record. Gio had years of really consistent, upward trending play. I have faith he will be very consistent, but I think a lot of negotiations go off of comparables, and there's not very much in the way of two-year phenoms like Johnny.
BTW, I tend to think Gio's prime will be a fairly long plateau at the present level, so I'm not as concerned as some.