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Originally Posted by Gaskal
The middle ground would be exactly where Dougie's AAV was at, 5.75 a year.
My prediction is that his stock increases after a good season and they settle at $6.25m for 8 years.
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I agree.
I think the best comparable would be Dylan Larkin's $6.1M AAV contract. He scored 0.77 points/game and Tkachuk scored 0.72 points/game. (0.72/0.77)(6.1) = 5.7 so I think you're bang on.
If I were the Flames, I'd offer 8*6 and see if the Tkachuk camp would be willing to sign now. Unfortunately, Tkachuk's camp would probably smell blood and demand more. But I'd really want to just get a contract done before next season if I were the Flames. I think Tkachuk will have a big season. He might get 65 points.