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Originally Posted by transplant99
He will be advising Mangiapane to sign a short term deal that gets him to UFA sooner, rather than a long term deal the club likely wants to see. He just said bluntly that he believes that players at age 27 or so, have different priorities after a few years in the league and may want to look other places as better ones to succeed in. This was nothing against either the Flames nor the city but more about making sure3 his client has all the options available to him he can. Not to extract more money necessarily but to just be happy in life.
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This should be every player under 27 right now.
NHL salary cap is flat right now and revenue is in question...don't lock yourself in for 8 years.
Take a 2 year deal and you probably will have an opportunity to really cash in if the salary cap takes a big leap once you are in full scale of the new TV deals, and you have gate revenue back again post-COVID.
Unless a team is overpaying you for a 7-8 year deal right now then it makes sense.
For Mangiapane a 2 year deal will make him a UFA at 28 when his next deal expires and he can re-sign for 7-8 years then if he wants.
Same thing with Tkachuk, I'd be advising him to take a 2-3 year deal that will expire when he's 27 and he would still be a UFA then under better economic conditions.
It's different for Gaudreau. He will be 29 before the start of next season, so this is the off-season where he should be cashing in long term for 7-8 years.
Stupidest thing McDavid ever did was take 8 years when he could have taken 5 years and walked himself right to UFA.