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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Too much for my liking. While he was a nice playoff story his regular season play was not great and now he's achieved his dream I'm not sure what his motivation level will be like going forward. To me he looks like a guy that could fall off the map at any time and become a fringe player.
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I agree that this is a player the Flames would need to be cautious about signing, but as to the bolded, it's not like Maroon was ever just chasing a dream. He has never made big NHL money, and he still needs to work. I suspect his primary motivation is still ensuring that he can make NHL money. That itself is a reason to be leery since he will most likely take the highest offer, but it isn't fair to to posit that now he has won a Stanley Cup he will be content to coast into the sunset.