I think the reason the 8yr deal broke down is that JGs 29 and 30 year old years are his two most valuable UFA years on his 6x60 deal he signs next. It's 12,12,10,10,8,8 or something. If he loses those first two years of it and at 31 is looking for a 5 yr 40 million dollar deal. So for it to be worth it for him to give up years 7/8 he would need the 12 million per from the flames. From the flames point of view if he wants 12 mil for those two years he can wait until then to see if he's still worth it.
The risk/reward of years 7 and 8 didn't line up for both JG and the flames so they came to a pretty reasonable deal.
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