Leaf fans who regularly follow the team have known for a while now how important Dion is to this team. He plays close to 30 minutes per game, always matched up against the other teams top players, and holds his own quite well. Unfortunately many people like to focus on 6.5 million contract that he signed in Calgary, forgetting the spare parts given up to acquire him. He's a solid captain but once in a while he'll have one of those games where nothing is going right, but those are rare and unfortunately one of those games happened in the playoffs when everyone was watching. Dion is the man, and not re-signing would be a huge mistake, I'm confident that Nonis and his staff realize the importance of Phaneuf and will make sure he's locked up long term, he's earned it, and he deserves it.