One theory that I heard from Elliot Friedman the other day was that some players might actually be willing to look at a two year Bridge Deal knowing that the cap accelerator will not be used in the next two years and banking on a better deal when the cap increases more in two years. This may not apply to a premium level guy like Tkachuck, but moreso to a guy like Bennett.
Still at some point GM's may need to be willing to make these younger guys take a shorter second contract. Certainly from a trade return perspective the minimum you would want for Tkachuck is 2 firsts, second, third which puts him over a 8.6 million dollar salary. But as part of offer sheet values and rules, that also implies that you are expecting a 5 year term.
Might be worth trying a two year deal here with a nice July 1st 2020 bonus to try and buy a couple years to better fit him in.
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