I loved what Steinberg said on Flames Talk yesterday about Mangiapane. No matter if/when you get can Gaudreau or Tkachuk signed, you get a deal done with him. Dude embodies the identity of this team.
The eighth year should secure Gaudreau for us and I speculate a total of $89M. Can also buy the idea that we sign Chucky for shorter term, especially considering his age and desire to cash in a second time down the road.
I believe Zadorov gets paid elsewhere, but Guddy should be a Flame from here on out, and I think the contract will be viewed as fair from both perspectives. Not sure what to do with Kylington (arb right issues?), but I thought our team suffered without his speed and breakout ability when he was injured. That said, it is truly amazing how often he loses or catches edges - the centrifugal force and Kylington are sometimes not friends.
It was also interesting to hear Sutter's comments at the year end presser about the conditioning of the players. So grateful to have Big D as our head coach.
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