Hockey is a business at the end of the day. If Gaudreau has a good world's tournament (and he has started well in the first exhibition game) his stock will continue to rise. The Flames may be forced to pay $1MM per year more than they would like to sign Johnny long term - but his impact on Flames franchise revenues could easily be many times this amount. At some point Burkie gets a call from Murray Edwards that says get this kid signed!
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