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Originally Posted by ComixZone

7 years right around $4.5M with Hanifin would be a solid contract for the Flames in my eyes, it also wraps up the off-season almost perfectly:

CapFriendly.com Armchair-GM User-Generated Roster

FORWARDS (13)
Right wing: E. Lindholm ($4,850,000) - J. Neal ($5,750,000) - M. Frolík ($4,300,000) - A. Czarnik ($1,250,000) - T. Brouwer ($4,500,000)
Centre: S. Monahan ($6,375,000) - M. Backlund ($5,350,000) - M. Jankowski ($1,675,000) - D. Ryan ($3,125,000)
Left wing: J. Gaudreau ($6,750,000) - M. Tkachuk ($925,000) - S. Bennett ($1,950,000) - C. Lazar ($950,000)

DEFENSE (7)
Right: T. Brodie ($4,650,400) - T. Hamonic ($3,857,143) - M. Stone ($3,500,000) - D. Prout ($800,000)
Left: M. Giordano ($6,750,000) - N. Hanifin ($4,500,000) - B. Kulak ($900,000)

GOALTENDER (2)
M. Smith ($4,250,000) - J. Gillies ($750,000)

BUYOUTS
L. Bouma ($766,667) - R. Murphy ($137,500)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 22
NHL Salary Cap: $79,500,000
Cap Hit: $78,611,710
Cap Space: $888,290
Bonuses: $850,000
Cap Space After Bonuses (if all are met): $38,290

Kulak, Prout, Lazar, and Gillies can all be challenged by Foo, Mangiapane, Kylington, Andersson, Valimaki, and Rittich.

That Cane prediction site thingy is predicting that Hanifin will sign for 2 years at $2.3M. However, according to his algorithm he'll be around $4.44M for a 5,6 or 7 year term. So your guess is potentially close. I'm not sure how he predicts a 5 year term is about $3500 more per season than a 6 year term and a 7 year term is the same as 6. I would assume it goes up a bit more than that from 5 to 6 and 6 to 7.