Some also have said that he got a lot better this year from last so why would he sign early. I'm not saying he didn't improve but scoring was way up this year. I think around 21 of the top 25 scorers had career years this year or their best year in 5+ years. Guys like Malkin, E Staal, Mackinnon, Kucherov, Giroux, Hall, Kopitar, Wheeler, Kessel all beat their career highs or best season in 5+ by 10 or more points. That's a lot of guys that got a ton better all at once? Or maybe scoring was up?
Tkachuk went from 48 to 49 in 8 less games. It's not that big of a jump that he is getting 8 mil now
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