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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
I am fine with the bridge deal. Once upon a time, when RFAs were paid at a discount to UFAs and UFAs were older and closer to the end of their careers, a long term deal lowered the AAV. Now, as the Marner and a few other deals show, a long term deal creates a higher AAV. This simply wouldn't work for the Flames in the short term. They have all of their important players under the cap and signed for 3-4 years. This is as good as it gets.
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Would have liked a 2 or 6 year deal. Having said that...as much as I like Tkachuk, I hate long term high dollar deals based on one performance year. I the player substantially regressed or has skill limiting injury...you are looking at a decade of suck.
In 3 years the Flames are in a position to extend him or reload with a real run at the cup for 3 straight years. Great time to be a flames fan!