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Bingo · 09-09-2016, 08:46 AM

I think too much is being made of the Giordano contract as a cap.

Before any of this started I had the deal at 5x6 + 3x8 which works out exactly to 6.75 per year and a pretty fair deal in my mind, as the 6m per year is pretty price for RFA years for a guy that has only played two years.

The Tarasenko deal adjusted by one more RFA year is 7.1M and really only .5 out of where the Flames are sitting.

The reason this isn't done if Gross is at 8.5M was outlined pretty well by quotes in Francis' article ... he's not a UFA and he hasn't done it for two contracts.

They need to come down and Treliving should just sit at 6.5M until they cross that 8M divide and then get serious.

09-09-2016, 08:46 AM	#822
Bingo Owner Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	I think too much is being made of the Giordano contract as a cap. Before any of this started I had the deal at 5x6 + 3x8 which works out exactly to 6.75 per year and a pretty fair deal in my mind, as the 6m per year is pretty price for RFA years for a guy that has only played two years. The Tarasenko deal adjusted by one more RFA year is 7.1M and really only .5 out of where the Flames are sitting. The reason this isn't done if Gross is at 8.5M was outlined pretty well by quotes in Francis' article ... he's not a UFA and he hasn't done it for two contracts. They need to come down and Treliving should just sit at 6.5M until they cross that 8M divide and then get serious.