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Old 01-25-2022, 09:46 AM   #936
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew View Post
He has had one year where his point production was similar, the last two he was quite a bit less than a point per game. And IMO we have never seen this kind of complete game and compete level from him. Some credit goes to Sutter for sure. But is he also being signed for 8 years?

I agree he's not a Kadri, but he's not getting an 8 year deal either.

IMO you can't pay any player based on tehri best season, not when they will be turning 29 years old.
Johnny has 542pts in 557 games which is good for 0.97ppg in his career. This is a large sample size to show he is elite offensively.

Thanks to extensions by others he is currently the top free agent by far on the market. His price is going up based on the fact he is the cream of the crop of difference makers available this offseason.

He will get 7 years from someone so if the Flames need to go 8 to lock it in now that would be great.

If Johnny would go 9.5x8 I wonder if Tkachuk would consider the same?
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