Not sure I'm on board with it fully ... but I've heard the theory that a NHL player would accept a one year deal and the risk since he wouldn't sit the year out anyway.
If Tkachuk was offered a 1 yr deal only by Calgary, and let's assume no offer sheets were coming, then he'd likely sign with Bern or something for a year and play for considerably less money than what Calgary would have offered him.
Can still put your skate in a rut in Switzerland.
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