I don't see how this is necessarily negative. Brad could be waiting to intensify negotiations once he has settled his cap concerns. IE he may be working on a deal to move Frolik and is waiting until he has a clear picture of what their cap space is before moving forward.
If Tkachuk's camp has said these are our options:
- 3 year - 6 mil
- 5 year - 9 mil
- 6 Year - 9.5 mil
And so on (these are hypothetical numbers, insert your own estimations)... So Brad may be looking at this and thinking; 'If I can't clear more space we're likely looking at 3 years, if I can make a deal to move Frolik maybe we're looking more in the 5-8 year range'... Too many unknowns at this point to say whether things are going poorly.
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