Calgary Flames General Manager Brad Treliving says the team's number one priority this summer is securing a contract extension for captain Mark Giordano. Turning 32 in October, Giordano is Calgary's best player and has entered the very top tier of defencemen in this league. But what truly is fair when it comes to Gio's next contract? While it's not FDR's nation shaping plan during the Great Depression, The New Deal for the captain is as significant a negotiation the Flames have had in quite some time.
Because Giordano has taken such an odd career path, this contract negotiation is similarly strange.