It's Francis so if nothing else its grain of salt time...
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The Calgary Sun has learned the chasm between what the Flames are offering their franchise player and what Gaudreau’s camp is looking for is $1.5 million annually.
Sources say Gaudreau’s agent, Lewis Gross, is asking for a payday in the $8-million range while the Flames are pushing to pay between what Sean Monahan signed for ($6.375 million annual average value) and what captain Mark Giordano makes (a team-high $6.75 million AAV).
“He wants unrestricted money but he’s restricted,” said one source, who doesn’t blame Gross for the monstrous ask.
“He’s played two years in the league and is a great player, but is he that much better than (Nashville’s Filip) Forsberg ($6 million AAV) or Nathan MacKinnon ($6.3 million AAV) or Monahan? This is the one year the Flames have rights and they’re pushing hard to exercise them.
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http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/09/08...-as-15-million
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