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Originally Posted by Bingo
He's still a 2/3 guy league wide.
He's not retiring at the end of the season.
I think one of the reasons they are kicking tires to keep him is he's invested and would likely do the Joe Thornton / Cdeno Chara single year deals going forward.
That's a good cheap flexible option for a team.
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Not on a playoff team There are not a lot of teams where Gio makes their expansion protected list. Not even the Flames.
He had one year in his career that he was in the Thornton/Chara class and was a Fail in that years playoffs. Chara 200 playoff games Thornton 186 playoff games.. These guys got to choose
Thornton age 38 1 year 8M
age 39 1 year 5M
age 40 1 year 2M
age 41 1 year 700K
age 42 UFA not yet signed
Chara
age 41 1 year 5M plus 1.75 Performance bonus 1.25 was for playing 10 gms
age 42 1 year 2M plus 1.75 Performance bonus 1.25 was for playing 10 gms
age 43 1 year 795K plus 230K for 10 gms and $250K for playoffs and missed the 250k bonus for winning SC