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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He hasn't been much of a factor this season and I don't see him getting markedly better with age. I would be pretty happy if we could get two 20 goal seasons out of the contract but I'm not sure that's how you want to spend $16 million. It's not the worst contract ever but IMO it was unnecessary as he doesn't have a high skill upside and doesn't really fill the holes the team needed which was skill on the wings. He's not a replacement for what they were getting out of Hudler a few seasons ago.
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He would have more points if the Flames were producing more, 5 on 5. That is true for all of them.
His value is not limited to points though, and will be more on display when games are more meaningful.
I think sometimes fans just don't like contracts for older players and want to complain about them long before the player even starts to decline. Giordano is a perfect example - everybody's favorite until the moment he signs a new contract and then he's instantly too old and every bad play becomes confirmation that his skills are deteriorating.