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Originally Posted by YyjFlames

Typically, yeah, but GMs and agents tend to follow today's trend, which is to lock up and pay the star goalie. Hellybuck, Saros, Sorokin, Shesterkin--all consistently top end goalies--all got paid on long term deals.

Calgary's situation, however, is more like the second contract of those four goalies, as well as a guy like Oettinger, where the goalie hasn't had a long enough record to command a long term deal with a big salary.

It'll likely be a 3-5 year deal, starting with a $4 or $5, unless Wolf and the Flames both feel comfortable locking him up for 8, and then the deal probably starts with a high 6 or 7. I can't see the Flames going over $8m a year for 8 years this offseason for Wolf, without a longer track record, even with the cap going up.

If I was running the Flames, I'd probably be willing to take that risk and go as high as 8m, as I really believe in this guy, but it's not my cash on the line if Wolf doesn't pan out.

God, I hope we don't go 3 - 5 years, what a Flames thing to do. Although I guess it could be out of conroys hands if wolf isn't interested lomg term. But a decision to effectively bridge what is looking like a super star goalie coming from the organization's side would be very disappointing.