Don’t forget too we just brought in an assistant coach who was just with him for his hart trophy season; it’s still a long shot hope at this point no doubt but there are a lot of things to consider as positives when thinking of the chances of him signing as a UFA here.
Pros
- Stick it to Edmonton
- Childhood team he cheered for
- Assistant coach from his hart season is here
- Calgary’s cap structure should be able to allow for him
- Potential that Flames have been contending by that time
- Highend talent he can join
- Lots of older contracts coming off the books (Brouwer, Stone, Frolik, Hamonic)
- Tradeable contracts if needed (Neal, Lindholm)
Cons
- Pressure to live up to expectation in a hard market
- Added pressure from the Oilers/Flames storyline/history
- LW is busy already (Gaudreau/Hall could slide to the off wing though)
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