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Originally Posted by getbak
If a player is a year away from gaining full UFA status, the team can only elect for a one-year arbitration award. At the end of this contract, Tkachuk will be a year away from being UFA-eligible.
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Thank you. So the article is wrong about the 5 years. Presumably Tkachuk wanted a 4 year (or perhaps 3 year) term. Flames presumably wanted at least 5 years to cover off 1 UFA year at least.