Some actual contract news on the day, as the Calgary Flames agreed to a new 6-year contract extension with defenseman and team captain, Mark Giordano. The extension, which doesn't kick in until the 2017 season, will come at a cost of $40.5 million, a significant pay raise (to $6.75 million per season) from the $4.02 million cap hit he is scheduled to make in the 2016 season.Giordano was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent next Summer, but extension talks were allowed to progress on July 1st, as per the CBA, so the Flames were quick to get that done and sorted, before it actually became news.
The early projection numbers are suggesting that he should be the Flames' best defender in the 2016 season, albeit marginally in some cases. The high has him coming in at 56 points from the Poolers' Guide, while the Hockey News doesn't believe he'll be quite as effective, coming in at 47 points. I have him in the 55-point range.
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