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Redliner · 01-17-2019, 08:56 AM

I am really, really hoping that somehow Treliving is going to put on his wizarding hat and work out a deal to get Tkachuk done within the "Gio cap". Yes, I know that 6.75M would be the deal of the century, but I think it's important to maintain a team-first structure and mentality. Tkachuk is extremely important to the team, but is he more important than Gio or Johnny? The Flames are at the tipping point where if salaries escalate much past their current threshold, it will be hard to maintain a competitive team. I hope Tkachuk sees it the same way as I feel this group is just getting started and it would suck to see them split up because of financial constraints.

01-17-2019, 08:56 AM	#18
Redliner Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time Exp:	I am really, really hoping that somehow Treliving is going to put on his wizarding hat and work out a deal to get Tkachuk done within the "Gio cap". Yes, I know that 6.75M would be the deal of the century, but I think it's important to maintain a team-first structure and mentality. Tkachuk is extremely important to the team, but is he more important than Gio or Johnny? The Flames are at the tipping point where if salaries escalate much past their current threshold, it will be hard to maintain a competitive team. I hope Tkachuk sees it the same way as I feel this group is just getting started and it would suck to see them split up because of financial constraints. __________________ "There will be a short outage tonight sometime between 11:00PM and 1:00AM as network upgrades are performed. Please do not panic and overthrow society. Thank you."