David Pagnotta said that Elias Lindholm is interested in staying with the Flames. They have discussed an 8-year deal. Lindholm’s camp is at around $9M a year while Calgary is at around $8.25M a year.
David Pagnotta said that Elias Lindholm is interested in staying with the Flames. They have discussed an 8-year deal. Lindholm’s camp is at around $9M a year while Calgary is at around $8.25M a year.
Man, I’ll fuckin’ do 9 mil. Anything less and I’m ecstatic. Please, flames fans needs some fuckin’ Ws after taking a decades worth of Ls over an 18 month period.
imaybeacatIRl
8.75m for 8 and we all breathe a sign of relief.
Steve78293
Flames tax sign the nhl top 20 Center already
SomeJerkOddball
Amazing if true.
Steve78293
Wait this is the same guy that said kadri to the isles is a done deal so I don’t know
ttar123
Take that and run!!!
CaptinDerpI
$8.5M?
iggyisgoat
9mil would be a disaster. Not worth anywhere close to that over 8 years
Duck_Caught_Upstream
If this is true that’s a very small bridge to gap and there is no reason to not go into training camp without a deal
YoloSwag4Harper
Because Lindholm is so good at defence, a 200 foot game, playmaking and playing both the wing and centre I’m fine with 8 years. I’d take that over the 8x11M we were offering Johnny last off-season. Lindholm would be a year older than Backlund this year on the last year of that deal, and Backlund is currently playing some of his best hockey. If he’s willing to sign do it and let’s all crush dome beers when it happens.
Slapppz
Dont… dont give me hope
burf
Even the lower number is too high. Flames are going to be absolutely fucked if they overpay Lindholm while overpaying Huberdeau and Kadri.
Chemical_Signal2753
I think Lindholm is worth $8 million today but the only way I see that kind of contract aging well is if the cap goes up by $4 million per year. Those kind of cap increases would mean this contract would be equivalent to a $5.75 million AAV in the final season.
The cap could go up by this much or more but it is far from guaranteed.
DUCKY_23
I’m honestly okay with $9m per year.
Paulhockey77
9 mil is an overpay.
Master-Defenestrator
This team is going to be a quagmire of bad contracts in 3 years from now
tristan1616
Obviously the lower the better but I think he’s easily worth $9m. We’ll stay competitive if we can keep him around long term. Please make it happen Conny 🙏
super6646
Flames have been wanting to extend him, that’s pretty much been the case from day one. So, assuming 9m for Lindy. That would be 38m dollars put into Huby, Kadri, Lindholm, Coleman, and Markstrom. 5 players who will be on the decline the entirety of those contracts. Yikes. And that doesn’t include potentially others in that mix. Can’t wait to see the shit hopeless team we ice when the new building opens up. The taxpayer not only gets double-dipped bent over (higher ticket prices and paying for the arena), but we’ll likely be seeing a shitty product for yrs to come with it.
hfxbycgy
Just give him the 9. Praise Zebulon.
_Travelling_Dude
Yes, YES Elias! This is the way!
petgoats
9m is about right, just below Aho for a guy who’s slightly worse offensively but better defensively. Seems fair.
gfountyyc
The PA and the owners both want a salary cap increase. Assuming the NHL gets their act together on marketing the game we should see big increases just from the tv revenue.
Sign lindy, but you better be damn sure you develop the kids to supplement the roster with entry level deals
Fresh-Statistician68
We dont need another contract that walks a guy to retirement holy christ i can’t believe i won’t see a flames contender till im 30
BoloJones
He’s not worth it. $7.5×6 max for a guy that needs superstars to be great.
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Meet in the middle and let the fans breath again
Man, I’ll fuckin’ do 9 mil. Anything less and I’m ecstatic. Please, flames fans needs some fuckin’ Ws after taking a decades worth of Ls over an 18 month period.
8.75m for 8 and we all breathe a sign of relief.
Flames tax sign the nhl top 20 Center already
Amazing if true.
Wait this is the same guy that said kadri to the isles is a done deal so I don’t know
Take that and run!!!
$8.5M?
9mil would be a disaster. Not worth anywhere close to that over 8 years
If this is true that’s a very small bridge to gap and there is no reason to not go into training camp without a deal
Because Lindholm is so good at defence, a 200 foot game, playmaking and playing both the wing and centre I’m fine with 8 years. I’d take that over the 8x11M we were offering Johnny last off-season. Lindholm would be a year older than Backlund this year on the last year of that deal, and Backlund is currently playing some of his best hockey. If he’s willing to sign do it and let’s all crush dome beers when it happens.
Dont… dont give me hope
Even the lower number is too high. Flames are going to be absolutely fucked if they overpay Lindholm while overpaying Huberdeau and Kadri.
I think Lindholm is worth $8 million today but the only way I see that kind of contract aging well is if the cap goes up by $4 million per year. Those kind of cap increases would mean this contract would be equivalent to a $5.75 million AAV in the final season.
The cap could go up by this much or more but it is far from guaranteed.
I’m honestly okay with $9m per year.
9 mil is an overpay.
This team is going to be a quagmire of bad contracts in 3 years from now
Obviously the lower the better but I think he’s easily worth $9m. We’ll stay competitive if we can keep him around long term. Please make it happen Conny 🙏
Flames have been wanting to extend him, that’s pretty much been the case from day one. So, assuming 9m for Lindy. That would be 38m dollars put into Huby, Kadri, Lindholm, Coleman, and Markstrom. 5 players who will be on the decline the entirety of those contracts. Yikes. And that doesn’t include potentially others in that mix. Can’t wait to see the shit hopeless team we ice when the new building opens up. The taxpayer not only gets double-dipped bent over (higher ticket prices and paying for the arena), but we’ll likely be seeing a shitty product for yrs to come with it.
Just give him the 9. Praise Zebulon.
Yes, YES Elias! This is the way!
9m is about right, just below Aho for a guy who’s slightly worse offensively but better defensively. Seems fair.
The PA and the owners both want a salary cap increase. Assuming the NHL gets their act together on marketing the game we should see big increases just from the tv revenue.
Sign lindy, but you better be damn sure you develop the kids to supplement the roster with entry level deals
We dont need another contract that walks a guy to retirement holy christ i can’t believe i won’t see a flames contender till im 30
He’s not worth it. $7.5×6 max for a guy that needs superstars to be great.