I think Johnny will be good well into his 30’s and would sign him long term but not at a huge raise (unless he completely reversed and rewrites his playoff narrative in the next couple of years).
It is a tricky spot for the Flames when you sign these players who are 21-23 to 6-8 year deals is they will be free agents at 28-29 and signing them to big raises from there is super risky. Flames locked into Gio, Backlund, and Lucic to large deals into their mid-late 30’s and Johnny is going to be looking for a decent raise to his 6.75M
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