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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
The Flames need to be drafting and signing western Canadians, who have family within the region. Not Coronatos and building a team around all the Americans, who don’t want to be in Calgary and if push comes to shove won’t be. There is a reasonably high chance Coranato doesn’t sign here… how bad will that look? Time to shift to western Canadian kids who have some semblance of Calgary and what it’s about.
Furthermore, I’m not really interested in cheering for exclusively mercenaries anyway.
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Jets have managed to keep their American players in Konnor and Hellebuyck but they were aggressive signing them to long term deals ensuring they didn't get to free agency. The issue with Tkachuk is the Flames let him have a bridge deal which fast tracked him to free agency. If Corontato shows well in the NHL I would hope the Flames are much more aggressive signing him to an 8 year deal when he's an RFA.