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Originally Posted by Swayze11
This may be a dumb question but if it is 50/50 between NJ and Calgary. How important is #13 for him? He won't be getting that number in NJ. I know pro sports players are really particular with their number.
Massive assumption on my part but there are 2 options here.
Go home, get a new number, potentially contend eventually, be closer to family.
Go to Calgary who is in their contending window and cement your legacy and have your number hanging in the rafters after your career is over.
I agree with Jiri, I think its a 50/50 between NJ and Calgary at this point.
It sounds like teams that could potentially have been in the running are slowly dwindling which is obviously a huge plus to the Flames.
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Number is a non-issue. Johnny buys* Hischier a watch and they have a media cycle about what a great leader Nico is.
Hischier has previously worn 85 and 18 at times (Johnny's worn other numbers, too).
A little thing I wonder more about is whether Hamilton and Gaudreau get along.
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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
If the flyers overplay their hand and sign Johnny to a big time deal ahead of them clearing the significant cap space required to sign Johnny it puts them in between a rock and a hard place going forward when trying to clear the cap space heading into the season. Teams will know this and will put the squeeze on Philly who would most likely end up spending a higher cost to clear the space. The next 24 hours I think is their window otherwise I can’t see them being able to bring Johnny on without paying an even bigger price than his UFA price tag.
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Which sounds great until a GM realizes he's still competing with 30 other GMs for the asset.