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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
Tkachuk is getting paid more then Gio. You guys are crazy. If the team holds itself to a 6.5 mil a year max payout to players for 6 years to make the captain happy that’s wild. With the cap rising that 6.5 becomes a smaller salary year after year there’s no way we keep the players we have without paying someone over that amount during Gio’s tenure here and I think he understands that. At the time Gio’s contract was fresh and Johnny was relatively unproven. If we did it again today he’d be making 8 mil plus. And when Tkachuk re-signs it will be over 7 million I’ll bet any money.
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For the record. I don't think there is a Gio cap or a Johnny cap. I think that Treliving is preaching a philosophy of building a competitive team for years, and that involves pay cuts, from pretty much everyone. The Flames high end talent are all under paid. Tkachuk could still come in over 7 and have it be a pretty significant discount.
Remember that Treliving has shown willingness to out wait RFAs, so unless Chuckys side is being reasonable, I can't see why his negotiations would go any differently.