Quote:
Originally Posted by Groot
Yes, I am also very happy the Flames have moved on from signing 25/26 year olds to 3-year contracts @ $5.8M per year and shifted to signing 22/23 year olds to 7-year contracts @ $6.5M per year.
I really don't think there is a "lesson" to be learned here at all. Farabee wasn't signed by the Flames. Sharangovich will be interesting next year.
|
The Flames had two chances to sign Mangiapane before they gave him that big deal. The first one made sense for a guy off his ELC with a partial season in the NHL. But the second time going 2 years put them in a position where they paid the premium for the outlier season. They may have made a similar move with Sharongovich albeit UFA vs RFA and in a different cap environment.
We will see what happens with Zary. He's a guy with better pedigree, but had a frustrating injury riddled season last year. He may want the shorter deal to put himself in position to earn a better long term deal in two years. Hopefully he doesn't end up being a guy who got paid more as a 30 goal guy for doing it once and not hitting 20 in any other year. I honestly have no idea what a 7 year deal for him would look like today.