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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And we’ll never know if that was true or not, since he was not offered a 10.5 million dollar contract.
Just look at reports around the Braydon Point situation. Montreal wanted to give him an offer sheet, and he passed because he wants to stay in Tampa, despite the fact that Montreal can obviously offer more than Tampa can right now.
Why is this hard to understand? Some RFA players like the team they’re on, and want to stay on that team, and will decline offer sheets that likely trigger their departure from that team.
This is not a new or unique thing. It’s significantly more common than player’s actually signing offer sheets.
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Go back and read what TC wrote. Of course players prefer certain teams. Why do you want to debate that point? I have no idea what Tkachuk is thinking but it is possible he is willing to give the Flames a massive discount because he likes it in Calgary so much. I personally believe that’s unlikely but that is not the point up for debate.
His assertion is some fantasy scenario where Tkachuk is negotiating an offer sheet but would not go so far as to sign one that the Flames would not be able to match. Which would essentially require negotiating against your self with another team.