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Originally Posted by Vinny01
The talk that the Flames should have been ready to fork over $9.5x8 after 2.5 years of Johnny playing at a 69pt pace over 82 games just didn’t make sense until he had the season he did in his career year. Not only did he break 100pts for the first time but he broke 40 goals and played a strong 2 way game. The ability to play on both sides of the puck is something we didn’t see at all until his contract year. We saw a streaky score who could play at elite levels at times but seemed to get pushed around in the playoffs and not until he was paired with Lindholm and Tkachuk did he show his ability to play a complete game and be worth the massive investment
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Or ya know, it was the first time in Johnny’s time here since his rookie season that we had a competent coach who put together a good line?