Seravalli did a bold predictions article, and notes Johnny’s contract status and makes a good point about the market:
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23. The world will be Johnny Hockey’s oyster next summer. With Aleksander Barkov and Mika Zibanejad signed to mega extensions, winger Johnny Gaudreau will become the premier free agent available when the market opens on July 13, 2022
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We also have to look at both the Zibanejad and Barkov deals and that both of those deals were signed in very desirable locations (and both teams seem better poised to compete long term than Calgary), so any talk that Gaudreau should be less etc, just doesn’t track with me.
Johnny is going to get paid, and I certainly believe it will be north of this $8.5M.