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Originally Posted by Noir
$8 million may be the starting point of his negotiation but considering he's already making close to $7 million doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be a significant deviation to his asking cost.
$8M is just a generalization of Luongo's upcoming contract.
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
The way people talk they seem to think the contract is guaranteed over 8, which it almost certainly will not be
Both of them together are not stupid, and im positive they have an understanding that if Luongo does indeed want to stay in Vancouver long-term he needs to take a little less, or work the contract so that if does not handcuff the team and they can grow and move forward always being competitive
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That's it - front-loaded contracts FTW. Luongo has reportedly stated outright that he'd like to finish his career here - that should shut up the comparisons to Pronger and his Edmonton fiasco. We've already seen with the Sedins that Gillis isn't in favor of long-term contracts, so it has to be pretty clear to Lu that if he wants that sort of term, he'll have to make some sort of concession in pay.
Given how little a lot of people expected of Gillis at the start, I'd say he's acquitted himself quite well in his first full year as GM - he's shown he has some hockey smarts, and a somewhat unique insight into what players want. He's got an angle on players, their agents, AND other GMs, that no other current GM has, and that gives him a decided advantage despite his inexperience.