Johnny Gaudreau's World Cup is over, and he's still without a contract. It doesn't appear one is on the horizon, either.
TSN's Bob McKenzie's tweet storm Wednesday included a couple of interesting nuggets about Gaudreau - not officially a restricted free agent but a 10.2(c) player under the CBA - and the Calgary Flames:
CGY would like to tie Monahan (6 x $6.375) and Gaudreau together. Monahan a year younger, with three productive seasons. Gaudreau has had 2.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) September 28, 2016
Just spitballin' here but guessing CGY doesn't want to go much higher than Giordano's team-high $6.75M for a 10.2(c) player, good as JG is.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) September 28, 2016
As @EricFrancis first reported, it's believed Johnny Hockey is looking for $8M per year and there's been some spec his ask may be $8+M.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) September 28, 2016
So you can see there's a considerable gap there. As of yesterday, there's been zero recent dialogue between JG camp and CGY.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) September 28, 2016
The regular season begins in exactly two weeks, and the Flames aren't the Flames without Gaudreau.
