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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I'm not even sure I like 8 year contracts any more. Sure, for a McDavid or a Matthews it's a good thing, but for 90% of players, who even knows what the situations will be by then? Tkachuk is very very good, but not a franchise player IMO, and he has a skill set that could deteriorate, injuries could slow him, etc.
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If a very good (although not franchise) comes up to UFA quite early (as all these RFA"s want to do), your choice will be to sign them to an 8 year contract or trade them a year early or lose them to UFA, as some team will give them maximum years.