As a flames fan I couldn’t be happier with this deal. Locks up a young guy with a ton of upside who has proven he’s willing to work hard on his weaknesses long term. This will be a steal in two or three years. Wolf, Zary, and Bahl to come.
Great deal for a kid who was sent down earlier in the season. Came back and scored 47 points. And not sheltered defensively.
Sounds like Flames fans are happy with this contract, but this contract SUCKS for every other team hoping to get their RFAs on reasonable deals.
Coronato is 22, coming off a 24 goal, 47 point season. This contract establishes an absolute floor for similar style (but better) players like Peterka, Vilardi, maybe even like Simon Holmstrom who’s not better, but had 45 points in 75 games. And it balloons to the price of more valuable player types like Matt Knies and Mason McTavish. And who knows what it does for a guy like Marco Rossi who I would’ve said was gonna make more than that but he was the 4C in the playoffs.
2 other restricted free agents had more points than Coronato who are in a different category and I’m very curious how much they’ll get are Ryan McLeod and Morgan Geekie. How does Buffalo get away with paying McLeod less than that number when he’s a nearly 60 point player who’s also their best defensive center?
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As a flames fan I couldn’t be happier with this deal. Locks up a young guy with a ton of upside who has proven he’s willing to work hard on his weaknesses long term. This will be a steal in two or three years. Wolf, Zary, and Bahl to come.
Great deal for a kid who was sent down earlier in the season. Came back and scored 47 points. And not sheltered defensively.
Sounds like Flames fans are happy with this contract, but this contract SUCKS for every other team hoping to get their RFAs on reasonable deals.
Coronato is 22, coming off a 24 goal, 47 point season. This contract establishes an absolute floor for similar style (but better) players like Peterka, Vilardi, maybe even like Simon Holmstrom who’s not better, but had 45 points in 75 games. And it balloons to the price of more valuable player types like Matt Knies and Mason McTavish. And who knows what it does for a guy like Marco Rossi who I would’ve said was gonna make more than that but he was the 4C in the playoffs.
2 other restricted free agents had more points than Coronato who are in a different category and I’m very curious how much they’ll get are Ryan McLeod and Morgan Geekie. How does Buffalo get away with paying McLeod less than that number when he’s a nearly 60 point player who’s also their best defensive center?