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Originally Posted by Corral
This is a long thread for a subject matter that is decided by a very simple point. The gio cap is real in Calgary and MT won’t play until he agrees to AAV money that falls under it. Short term deal or otherwise. If it bothers him he should direct his scorn to JG and SM who signed in accordance with the cap.
You can talk about %cap and related stuff all you want but it seems apparent the line is in the sand and nobody budges until the leverage shifts. Ie Calgary starts soft and by December senses the playoffs are getting out of reach barring a st louis miracle or tkachuk realizes he is about to lose 6 million dollars of earnings by sitting out
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Well according to a previous report by Freidman (IIRC) that is not true as the Flames have acknowledged that MT would be paid more than Gio on this contract....and with the tidal shift league wide to who is getting the money moving forward, a no-brainer. If MT was told he would bnever see anything North of 6.75, he would have already requested a trade IMO.
The Matthews contract truly was a game changer. Now I suspect most RFA's coming of their ELC, see that path as the one to maximize their earnings while in the league. GM's are hesitant to give up years of control on the player as they figured they did just that in the least couple CBA's.
Its just a tug of war right now that hasnt truly seen any pressure points on either side that has forced deals to happen..in other words, players arent losing a dime yet and teams arent losing games yet.