I think we need to re-adjust the temperature here.
The flames aren't in on OEL because he's ####ty, it's because he plays 24 minutes a night and in all situations. The Flames can't ask that of Giordano going forward.
His contract is 'bad', because he's perhaps 1-2 million overpaid in the current market, and as a scandinavian familiar with the flames management group, he's unlikely to want out of the market.
He checks a whole heck of a lot of boxes for the Flames because he's not some Seabrook tier cap bomb, he can actually play minutes.
The Flames are already paying Lucic and Ryan more than they're playing the same rough minutes.
I think it's a bad idea, but I understand why they are looking in his direction.
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