05-22-2022, 04:26 PM
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#41
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Franchise Player
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I know he loves the game but it always shocks me when a player goes from 6+ million to under a million.
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05-22-2022, 06:14 PM
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#42
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire
Gio would retire before accepting a $1mill deal.
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Lol
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05-22-2022, 06:24 PM
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#43
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: North Pole
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
Love Giordano and if we're putting a team together solely for cap reasons $1MM AAV for Gio is a steal even at his current abilities. That said if he was coming back to Calgary I would honestly question his ability and the team's ability to accept him coming back and taking on a diminished role relative to leading the team as captain as he did for years. Might mess with the chemistry that they have going for them right now.
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I think culture and chemistry is key. Awesome guy from what many people say but it was time to move on... and once we do team shouldn’t look back.
I wish him all the best!
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05-22-2022, 07:02 PM
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#44
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Originally Posted by 1_Flames_Fan
Would have taken him in Calgary on that deal for sure. Looks like he prefers TO.
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He's from there. At this point in his career, I'm not surprised he wants to stay home now.
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05-23-2022, 08:22 AM
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#45
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor
Me thinks you're overthinking it; Giordano has agreed to get another 1.6 million dollars to play hockey, that's it. The NHLPA isn't going to give a crap about a 40 year old player signing so low, it happens.
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With a cap on what the total pot of funds for paying salaries, the money will still get spent. So the old days player x wrecking the market by taking less no longer apply. In order to pay the second contract guys the way they get paid, it's the older guys making a lot less now. So if some has to make less the guys with 1000 games and a career of earnings likely is more palatable for the NHLPA.
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05-23-2022, 11:36 AM
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#46
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Lol
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05-23-2022, 11:41 AM
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#47
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Calgary
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Calgary lost such a quality player and human being. No holding out bull****, no mind games, no ego. Just get the job done. Love Giordano.
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05-23-2022, 01:38 PM
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#48
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First Line Centre
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I don't understand why Gio gives up the chance to win a cup.
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05-23-2022, 01:57 PM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I know he loves the game but it always shocks me when a player goes from 6+ million to under a million.
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It's not a lot relative to what he's earned over his career but it's still pretty good dough to go out and play hockey. If he retired today what career can he go into making $800k a year?
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05-23-2022, 02:00 PM
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#50
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Franchise Player
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Loved by the players and the organization here. I wonder if any impact on their play could have been due to this news coming out.
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05-23-2022, 02:01 PM
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#51
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I know he loves the game but it always shocks me when a player goes from 6+ million to under a million.
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It’s always shocked me that more players haven’t. So many talk about wanting to win, and so few take cuts when they age to be on winning teams/in great fits.
Biggest example for me was the Dion contract. I just can’t fathom making myself a burden and but of jokes for the rest of my career to try and make $40 million instead of $20 million. Or whatever. It’s all insane money either way, maximizing profit when you’re a wearing down player never made sense to me. You’re in the entertainment business and you’re choosing the be the heel.
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05-23-2022, 08:03 PM
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#52
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Crash and Bang Winger
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When his house in calgary went up for sale two weeks ago I figured there would be a deal that kept him in Toronto coming.
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05-23-2022, 08:12 PM
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#53
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Kamloops
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Originally Posted by UnitedFlames
Calgary lost such a quality player and human being. No holding out bull****, no mind games, no ego. Just get the job done. Love Giordano.
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All true, and he wasn't intimidated by McDavid either. Never gave him an inch or let him take an inside lane uncontested.
Flames current D could take a lesson.
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05-23-2022, 09:14 PM
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#54
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
####...there goes my hopes of Gio coming back next season
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I think that dream sailed when Giordano got into a major tussle with half the team during his last game here. The rumors of a rift in the dressing room were probably true, and Tkachuk would've had to go before Giordano would have considered coming back.
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05-23-2022, 09:15 PM
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#55
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by blender
All true, and he wasn't intimidated by McDavid either. Never gave him an inch or let him take an inside lane uncontested.
Flames current D could take a lesson.
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Flames current D are deeper in the playoffs now than Gio has ever been. Not to mention he constantly got walked by McDavid.
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05-23-2022, 09:19 PM
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#56
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Kamloops
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Flames current D are deeper in the playoffs now than Gio has ever been. Not to mention he constantly got walked by McDavid.
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I'm not arguing that the Flames are missing him, although they are certainly not deeper with Tanev on the shelf. But there's no circumstance that would allow for Giordano to be on the Flames, so no debate about it either way.
Not sure about being walked by McDavid any more than anyone in the league. Who isn't getting walked by McDavid? At least Giordano wouldn't let him get to the net without a fight.
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05-23-2022, 09:33 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by blender
I'm not arguing that the Flames are missing him, although they are certainly not deeper with Tanev on the shelf. But there's no circumstance that would allow for Giordano to be on the Flames, so no debate about it either way.
Not sure about being walked by McDavid any more than anyone in the league. Who isn't getting walked by McDavid? At least Giordano wouldn't let him get to the net without a fight.
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Just responding your point about the Flames D taking lessons from Gio...he didn't exactly shut McDavid down or do anything in the playoffs here. He got walked by McDavid and hauled him down for a penalty often. Did almost end his career I guess
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05-23-2022, 10:23 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Kamloops
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Just responding your point about the Flames D taking lessons from Gio...he didn't exactly shut McDavid down or do anything in the playoffs here. He got walked by McDavid and hauled him down for a penalty often. Did almost end his career I guess
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I disagree to an extent. He certainly didn't shut McDavid down. No one does. But he played his game the same way; I don't think he was intimidated by McDavid the way that it seems like Anderson and Hanifin are. The one player that reminds me of the way Gio would handle McDavid is Tanev. We all agree how much the Flames are missing him now.
And as for the almost ending McDavid's career comment, I don't know. Seems like McDavid almost ended his own career, but I guess that's just my take.
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05-23-2022, 11:54 PM
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#59
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Unpopular opinion but the Flames are better off without Gio in the room this year. Of course could you say that he'd be better on the ice than Stone at this exact second, sure and probably a couple others...but you can't seperate his on ice ability from his dressing room presence. And, the Flames D took a big step forward with the Sutter style.
I think Tkachuk is the main benefactor this season, after some of the antics last year he didn't feel backed up on.
Leadership group Sutter has put in place has stepped up.
Add in Tanev and Gudbranson and of course Lucic and their voices carried more weight this year without a defacto long time captain unofficial/officially running the dressing room anymore.
Last edited by browna; 05-23-2022 at 11:56 PM.
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05-24-2022, 02:28 AM
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#60
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Toronto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Oh sweet summer child.
No. If it isnt Calgary you really dont.
The Cup comes back to Canada all the time because half the players in the League are Canadian.
Look at the overwhelming media coverage we get in Canada. We're drowned in Leafs/Habs/Oilers effluvia.
If any one of those teams won it we would never, ever hear the end of it. It would be awful.
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Habs? I barely hear them ever mentioned
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