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Originally Posted by GioforPM
8.5 makes him the highest winger in the league except Kucherov, Benn, Kane, Stone, and Ovie (and Perry ever so slightly).
It's Draisaitl money except Draisaitl was given it on the assumption he'd be a C, and we mostly think it was too much for him. I love Tkachuk but he hasn't proven to me he can drive a line consistently, unlike the other wingers.
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$8.5 m is "Draisaitl money" insofar as it is the same cap hit as Draisaitl's contract, but it is not really quite the same when factoring into consideration that $8.5 m is presently just over 10% of the current salary cap, whereas Draisaitl's cap-hit was 11.3% of the cap at the time it was signed. It's a small difference, but one that I feel is likely to be important.
*EDIT* With that said, I am not sure that I would go higher than $8.0 m on an eight-year deal for Tkachuk. I expect the extension will look more like Gaudreau’s with inflation: around $7.7 m for six years, which I think is fine.