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Originally Posted by kukkudo
So if Tkachuk misses sometime let's say till December and the Flames are hot garbage for the first half of the season do they keep him out?
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It depends entirely upon whether or not they can afford to pay him what he wants. Moreover, by mid-December the Flames can likely only manage a cap-hit on Tkachuk's contract of around $4.5 m because of how they are pro-rated mid-season. I suspect that regardless of what happens, Tkachuk does not play until he agrees with terms the Flames are prepared to offer, and that they can afford.