from Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald,

As much as No. 5 credits the Flames for his good future, consider him self-made.

Not only a prime-time presence on the ice, he is an inspirational figure in the dressing room.

Lots to like.

Especially this weekend if you’re a rival general manager, because before Giordano cracks open a six-year deal ($6.75 million per) in 2016-17, he is unsheltered by no-trade or -movement clauses.

Surely, there have been overtures.

Treliving, if he’s doing his job, listens. (Imagine the pitches, the riches, that Giordano’s services would fetch.)

Then he politely says no, thank you.

Because – even with the spectre of Iginla’s detrimentally too-long term haunting the house – the Flames need Giordano here.

For now, anyway.

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