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Originally Posted by wired
He did squat in the playoffs.
He is not even the 5th best player on the team.
3 years in the league, and he thinks he's worth 8-10 mil?
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Playoff success is irrelevant in today’s market. The Leafs are paying $40 million to 4 guys who have never won a playoff round.
Tkachuk was also the best player in game 1 of the playoffs last year. He wasn’t great for the rest of the series but he wasn’t the worst. If you want to play that game, well then, Tkachuk was better than Gaudreau and Monahan; therefore, he should make more money than them.
There are a bunch of players in the league who are making $8 to $10 million with only 3 years in the league. That is where the market has gone.
The league has changed now, seniority is out the window, you pay the premium for the years after the entry deal now.
Ad for where he stands on the Flames, I have him ranked fourth after Lindholm but ahead of Monahan, but that is all irrelevant when it comes to the salary pecking order.