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Originally Posted by AFireInside
I don't think there's a huge risk in giving a 27 year old an 8 year contract. If Hanifin has come back and wants to sign then he wants to be here. That extra year is a bonus right? It doesn't mean he's being offered way less, it might be the same, but with Calgary he can lock in another year.
I'd rather trade him, but if they re-sign him I won't be upset about it. A draft picks busting is the norm, not a risk. I mean that in terms of where someone is drafted, they may make the nhl buy most of the time don't reach the potential that was projected.
Unless the return for Hanifin is great they are better off signing him.
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The only party that extra year is good for is Hanifin. He doesn’t have to care how good he is at 34 because he’s guaranteed huge money at 35.
Why would we want that? The only thing I’m interested in is prime years and the Flames are in no situation to be gambling about it. Players like to sell their prime years with strings attached - you have to pay for their decline years. 8 years, no way. Let someone else take that short sighted risk.