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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
Then I don't agree. Too much risk. You don't give out long-term deals based on 1 decent season.
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There is risk both ways. Last year we asked him to show and prove rather than giving him say a 3-year deal and it looks like it's going to bite us in the butt. We just lost out on a couple bargain years when we probably could have locked him up for under 2 million. If we do the same thing again, and he produces were in the same boat. It's a tough call. It can go both ways. He had 17 goals this year in a shortened season with no power play goals. This was his first full season. It is early to say exactly what he is but like I said there is risk both ways.