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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I agree it's not THAT much money. The Flames should just pony up then, right? After all they're the billionaires?
$2.1MM is a lot of money to anybody. Let's not be silly here. Also, if he gets injured this is his one and only shot at getting generationally rich. I don't know about you but I wouldn't treat it like I'm haggling at some Mexican bazaar for a blanket.
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It's not just about what the owners are paying though. At this point, it's more about salary cap space that Treliving is handing out. An extra 500,000 grand here, 200,000 there, 50,000 there, etc. It adds up. If he's not getting the best deal possible now, when we are on the way up, that could cost us when we're competing for the cup.
The Flames should be trying to maximize every contract that takes us into stanley cup contention. Most of the bad ones come off the books at the end of this season and so far Treliving has done well with Brodie, Monahan and Hamilton(and Gio IMO but some will disagree).