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Originally Posted by Poe969
I'm not crazy about signing Johnny to a 10+ mill per deal. The whole team makeup changes with a deal like that, I'm not saying he isn't worth it but is it right for the team right now?
Some are going to say that the team is very close and they just need a little more time or something but having a career year on a contract year always kind of scares me. Is this the new norm? Is that line going to always be like this? If they pay their top 2 wingers 10+ will they be able to afford to build a team around them? If something happens and they have to trade him, will his contract be moveable?
To me it's not as simple as "he's our best player so pay him whatever he wants" weather he's worth it or not, I think that's why a deal hasn't been made yet. But that's just me.
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Yeah and the big thing is Tkachuk is likely to come within $500k of whatever Gaudreau signs for (if he wants to stay).
So you need to be prudent with that.
The rumored delta in this thread is Flames are at $10M, and Gaudreau's camp is at $11.5M. Really at this point in negotiations that isn't a very big gap.
But the Flames can't just jump right to $11.5M here - that likely means that Tkachuk want's at least $11M and the Flames have $22.5M tied up in two LWs.
However if they can get Gaudreau for $10.5M, then maybe that means Tkahuk is closer to $10M...and now you have $2M more cap space to work with than you would if you just give Gaudreau exactly what he is asking for.
You will see all the "insiders" talking about Gaudreau's ask, and how he's going to look at what's available on the open market today, because his side will be leaking info to try to put pressure on the Flames.
But in the end both sides have until 10PM tomorrow to work out a deal, and they are going to use all of that time to try and get the best deal possible. This was always going to be the outcome.