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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
$9.5 mil? thats pretty embarrassing considering what would happen if he doesn't return.
You had to be at least $10mil+ as a start!
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If 8 x $9.5 was the offer I can see why Gaudreau hasn’t signed. Another team will be able to exceed that with a 7 year offer.
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You don't start negotiations with your best offer. If a team offers a player a contract and they accept without any back and forth then that team overpaid.
You offer low, the player asks high, you find the common ground. You even make the other side sweat by not responding right away..Which is what we're seeing right now. The Flames are willing to pay high. Johnny knows this, everyone knows this. So Johnny is waiting before responding. Make the Flames flinch and get more money or whatever else he wants to get.