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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
It’s called managing risk. If you believe in his upside then it’s a risk to sign him short term because the deal after that may cost you a lot more than just signing him long term now. What has he done? He’s played competently in the NHL since being drafted and has improved. Given his age and skill he’s likely to continue to improve over the next few years. Unfortunately if you don’t pay for potential at times you’ll screw yourself over with these bridge deals.
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I was a big fan of the Hamilton trade from day 1. The reason was based on lindholm and hanifin production to this point the flames should be able to get these guys to commit to 6 or 7 years at around 10 vs ferland and Hamilton getting 13 or so when Hamilton contract was up. This allows the flames to keep Johnny, Monahan, tkachuk, other rfas and add a number 1 goalie over the next year or 2. Taking that risk makes way too much sense. The risk imo is very low as hanifin probably worth 4 already anyways vs what he could become maybe as early as this year. Only way a bridge makes sense is if your fighting to keep a cup contending team together and you don’t have easy moves to make to stay under cap. Trade Stone or buyout Brouwer are no brainer type moves imo