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Originally Posted by savemedrzaius
No Tkachuk for a whole season would leave a big hole in your lineup, no? Who is going to step up and contribute on the second line?
The Flames really want to waste a season of Gaudreau and Gio? This is your teams primetime to do some damage.
Plus he sits out the season that bridge is burned. You basically have to trade him in the offseason and likely at a reduced return.
It's not as easy as you make it sound.
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But the pressure on Tkachuk's side is just as pronounced as it is on the Flames.
If he sits out a full season, that is a full-year's earnings lost, and it sets in jeopardy his own NHL future. Not that Tkachuk would not play in the NHL, but more rather that his NHL rights and future remain controlled by the team he has just rebuffed. Make no mistake: the last thing Tkachuk wants to happen is to miss games because of this—to say nothing for several weeks of missed time or a full season.
Like you point out, it's not as easy as you make it sound.