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jayswin · 10-23-2016, 04:41 PM

That's actually one reason why I think this Giordano contract may hinder us much more than many fans think. It all looked okay on paper a couple years ago - Sign the captain and best D-man for the rest of his career, then the youth comes up and BAM! contenders.

But I really feel that the age gap might be too large for the contract we signed him to. I think everyone had visions of this coming together really quickly and Gio still being a top defender.

What will likely happen is you'll have Monahan, Gaudreau, Hamilton, Bennett, Tkatchuk etc in their mid 20's, the team will be ready to become contenders and then all of a sudden Giordano's going to fall off and like most guys in their mid 30's it'll be a steep fall and then all of a sudden we'll be going "Oh man, we're ONE player away from competing with the big boys, if only we had that extra $6.8 mil OR 2014 Girodano."

This is a very real issue we'll be facing, imo, as much as posters jump all over me for bringing up a Giordano-less Flames team.

10-23-2016, 04:41 PM	#168
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	That's actually one reason why I think this Giordano contract may hinder us much more than many fans think. It all looked okay on paper a couple years ago - Sign the captain and best D-man for the rest of his career, then the youth comes up and BAM! contenders. But I really feel that the age gap might be too large for the contract we signed him to. I think everyone had visions of this coming together really quickly and Gio still being a top defender. What will likely happen is you'll have Monahan, Gaudreau, Hamilton, Bennett, Tkatchuk etc in their mid 20's, the team will be ready to become contenders and then all of a sudden Giordano's going to fall off and like most guys in their mid 30's it'll be a steep fall and then all of a sudden we'll be going "Oh man, we're ONE player away from competing with the big boys, if only we had that extra $6.8 mil OR 2014 Girodano." This is a very real issue we'll be facing, imo, as much as posters jump all over me for bringing up a Giordano-less Flames team. Last edited by jayswin; 10-23-2016 at 04:47 PM.