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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I think every Flames fan would have preferred if Johnny was signed for 8 years at 7.5 million in 2016 instead of 6 years at 6.75. So I agree with you that we should have signed him longer.
The reason why the Flames will pay Mangiapane 5.5 million next year instead of 4 million is they could not sign him to a long term contract two years ago because they did not have the cap space. Teams like Ottawa and Calgary will always have a hard time attracting quality free agents, thus why they sign Brouwer’s and end up with Lucic because they sign Neal’s. Contracts like those are absolute killers when a team like the Flames should be trying to lockdown RFA’s longterm every single time.
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Well Gaudreau didn't want to sign it...you can't force a guy to sign an 8 year deal. These deals are also risks for a reason, not every player gets better every season...many have one or two good seasons in their career.