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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Lots of UFAs have picked here.
Calgary isn't the most attractive market but this sentiment is overblown.
Neal (unfortunately), Markstrom, Tanev, Coleman, Kadri were all seen as top players in free agency and all of them chose Calgary.
Severson played for Huska in Kelowna and is from Saskatchewan. I doubt Columbus was seen as some type of top destination over Calgary. I'd bet if Calgary offered 8 x $6.25M on a sign and trade that he might have chosen here too.
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The problem becomes how many of these ultra premium contracts can you realistically carry on a roster. They already have three right now. I don't think you can carry too many more than that. Moving Hanifan for assets is fine...but don't undo it by taking another 8 year deal on another guy who's similar.