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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Agree with everything but the bolded. It seems like some fans are pre-loading something to be upset about, which seems completely bizarre to me.
If they want to keep Johnny and he wants to stay, it does not matter if he's extended today or months from now.
There is $18M in cap space with the two biggest re-signings being Dube and Valimaki, neither of which will command much. If the Flames stand largely pat and go into the season with even half that cap space, it would be a failure. Does anyone actually expect that to happen?
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Why risk losing so much leverage in Johnny contract negotiations? His NMC starts tomorrow- once it kicks in, the team loses contract negotiation leverage by losing the ability to easily trade him and recoup assets. Instead it becomes about where he wants to go, and we could get cornholed into another iginla trade.
I understand the want around here to remain positive about these things, and I genuinely hope we keep Johnny moving forward. But there are no guarantees, and tomorrow our position becomes exponentially weaker.