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Originally Posted by chedder
Would 5 years take him straight to free agency? He would have 7 years in the league. If so, why would the Flames do that? Good chance that he's off to the good 'ole USA at that point.
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Because it aligns with Monahan/Gaudreau contracts. It gives us more cap space in a window of those 3 players prime years (as well as signed players such as: Gio, Backlund, Neal, Hamonic(likely)). You can build around that and I don’t see it being detrimental to the future of the organization. You just plan accordingly ahead of time.