The Flames' window is really the next 3ish years though while they have a whole pile of value guys signed at what now seem like super reasonable contracts (Gaudrea, Monahan, Linholm, Hanifin, even Gio really) and a bunch of young talent looking "for real" - Dube, Andersson, maybe Mangiapane. The team is built for "pretty soon" and wondering what happens in 3 years is really kind of pointless when it comes to contracts like this, yeah maybe Tkachuk goes somewhere else at that point, maybe not. But for now, the team has him and a bunch of other key guys locked in for a few years, so let's enjoy it.
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