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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
There are 17 defencemen in the NHL who make $8M or more.
That’s too rich for Hanifin. Move on.
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In a few years there will be 40. So what?
He’s an excellent player. Yes we have other guys that are about as good, but two of them will probably be gone or will be at the end of their careers before the Flames are contenders. Noah would have 3-4 years left still at that time.
Flames are probably never gone to have the elite centre, defender and goalie all at the same time that some of you think is a prerequisite to go for it. Tanking and almost limitless high draft picks is not enough to ensure that - see exhibit a up north.
It’s no big deal if flames sign him to 8*$8 even though that would be a disappointment (no current team discount for the extra year). And it’s also no big deal if they trade him, they have a few years to build the d core up before it really starts to matter.