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Old 05-03-2018, 09:09 AM   #11470
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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen View Post
I love Tkachuk, but he has a career high of 49 points. He brings a lot to the team, he's young, and obviously just going to get better. But Gaudreau had to fight tooth and nails for his 6.75M contract and he already a point-per-game season under his belt. If Tkachuk were to sign soon, he would not be getting more than Gaudreau.
I agree. I was hoping that if we re-upped him this summer, we could get him on a 7/8yr deal @ ~$5.5M.

As far as his season high of 49 points, I believe it's a bit misleading. He hasn't had the prime ice-time that Gaudreau & Monahan were given in their first couple seasons. I think that if he were consistently on that top line, and given #1 PP time, that Tkachuk would already be a ~65pt winger.
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