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Originally Posted by IgiTang
I'm so divided on the issue. Is Johnny the most important player on the team? Debatable. Is he the best player on the team, many says yes.
Does he deserve to be the highest paid player on the team?... Ugh..
One thing that stands out to me is that Johnny wants to be the highest paid player on the team. But, he isn't clearly the most important player on the team.
Monahan hit 24 goals in his rookie season without Johnny, proving he can do it without him. So mony doesn't need Johnny.
Another thing, Gaudreau wanting a royalty on every jersey sold and trying to set a new precedent bothers me a bit.
He's trying to change the way the entire NHL does business when it comes to merchandising.
That suggests Johnny, in his 2 years, feels he's now bigger than the way the NHL does business. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
The way I see it, there are 3 ways this could go..
1) Johnny gets 8x8
2) Johnny Settles for 5 years or 6 years at 6.5 and he walks for nothing cause the Flames pissed his camp off.
3) The Flames bridge him @ 6.5 for 3 years ( which was reported that no one wants.
Some have said they would be ok with 7-7.5, anything more is too much.
Rather than piss Johnny off over 500k or 1 million, and lose him for nothing in 5-6 years, get the 8x8 done and move on.
That 500k-1mil is not worth this battle that could end up leaving everyone resentful.
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And then the next player does the same thing (demands too much) and then the team is ####ed
You can't just give players what they want in a cap era