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Old 09-08-2016, 10:18 PM   #685
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Originally Posted by Matty81 View Post
Not trying to crap on Johnny anyway, I love his game, I just don't see anything north of 7 mil as fair value. For me I'd put the 5 RFA years at 5-5.5 and his 2 or 3 UFA years at 8-8.5 max on the open market if that's what a proven consistent guy like Stamkos is getting.So I think the Flames are right in the ballpark on fair market value for a 7 or 8 year deal talking in that 6.5 per neighborhood.
I'm with you on the UFA year value, but I think you're really selling short on the RFA years at only 5-5.5 per. Remember Monahan's contract structure:

RFA 1: 6.375
RFA 2: 6.375
RFA 3: 6.75
RFA 4: 6.75
UFA 1: 6.0
UFA 2: 6.125
UFA 3: 6.0

It's definitely peculiar that the UFA years are cheaper than RFA and I don't expect this phenomenon to happen with Johnny's contract, but Johnny's RFA years are not likely to come as cheap as you were hoping.
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