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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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Again, I don’t know why numbers like this are constantly being thrown out there. How do we know Gaudreau wouldn’t have signed at $8M? He was afterall coming off of a couple down seasons as everyone keeps saying?
Management has to be able to look past the numbers sometimes, that’s what you hire pro scouts and professionals who can properly forecast. If it just always comes dow to the numbers, then are these guys any better than the numbers obsessed CP posters? Might as well just hire some people on here then.
If it was me, I would’ve signed Gaudreau and wouldn’t have thought twice about it. Just watching him play, you can tell he’s one of the most talented players in the league similar to a Patrick Kane lite. He can make something out of nothing, he can create his own shot, he can back up the opposition, he can gain and enter the zone as well as anyone else in the league and etc. These are tough traits to find in this cookie cutter league.
So even if there was slight overpayment at the time, that would have been fine because at least I know I’m paying for an elite skillset who can drive play instead of constantly overpaying for complimentary players like this organization seems to love doing.