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Originally Posted by ---Hatrick---
Everything he says leads me to believe that he wants to sign a nice long term deal. Hopefully he signs for 8!
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I think some of us here can sense it, but there is something about Matt that we have not seen in awhile on some of our dominant teams. Theoren Fleury used to be able to get the ball rolling either by his play or his swagger. Whether it was verbal, or on the ice, that energy carried over into the way the team fought for everything. Matt seems to understand this, and that is partly why we are seeing him open up more about the bigger picture, the team and individual "expectations" this season.
On wanting to get something done long term; I think he is being assertive and letting everyone know he really wants to be a Flame. If we had not drafted M.Tachuk I could see this team feeling like something was missing. He has that, "no fear of speaking up and rocking the boat". I think in the future if you see teams taking liberties on Johnny or other players Matt is going to be the guy who drives the team. I believe we are going to see a different Flames team this season. I think the expectations of this group should be nothing short of being at the top of the standings all year round, while proving they can beat anyone who gets in the way.