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Originally Posted by Royle9
And if your Matthew do you take 1.5-2M less per season x 6-8 years to the tune of 8-12 mil over the course of your contract just so Calgary can also sign Mark Stone and have him be the highest paid player on the Flames?
It just doesn't make sense, not for Matthew and not for the Flames. Keith wasnt exactly a pushover with contracts, why are we assuming Matthew will be because he's an RFA? his intangibles alone make him worth more than Stone in my mind.
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Not saying I agree completely with Scorpion, but to compare an U.F.A. and a R.F.A. is being unrealistic.
Matthew can be firm and stand his ground.
He can also be forced to sit out as long as Nylander did in the process.
It's all about leverage, Tkachuk doesn't have any.
He isn't comparable to the Stone contract.