Others have mentioned, but for me from a risk management perspective this is choice. Johnny has given us 2 amazing seasons, more than anyone could of hoped for. There is still a lot to prove, and the risk to do that is on him. Can he keep this up for 6 more years? Will his size lead to injury down the road? Will he magically lose it after coming out so strong?
Flames hold he cards here, and as others said you can trade him if you can't re-up him. The cap hit isn't a dollar more than it should be. Gives them room for the other players who will need to be paid soon.
Put it this way, JG and SM are together signed for near the same money McJebus is going to get. That is sad in one way, but great for us. We can build a good team with choices this deal has afforded us. If in 6 years we're still stuck in neutral that says a lot more about the people running the team than JG.
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