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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
If Johnny leaves, I would sign Malkin and give it one last shot before Sutter retired
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I'd fully expect Malkin to be signing in Washington, not Calgary.
I believe Backstrom is out long term so Washington will absolutely be players.
As far as attracting UFAs, I think Johnny being here is a big component - he would be part of the reason why players would pick to sign in Calgary. Also - generally speaking, going out and signing big ticket UFAs is not the best way to go about business. Retaining your players? That seems pretty key, but going out and landing big tickets really only works if they're legit elite players (Panarin...and hopefully not Gaudreau), and outside of Gaudreau this summer there isn't an elite player.