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Originally Posted by gamesaver
Well I am glad it's finally done. Honestly I always thought Chucky is not planning on spending his whole career in Calgary, I think him and Brady still have that childhood dream of playing together in St. Luis. They have roots there, families, friends. How proud would Keith be seeing them both on the same line with the Blue notes. This has always been there, no matter who drafted them. I think he loves playing Calgary because of the canadian market, how fans are invested into hockey and because he sees the team as really competitive, capable of achieving great deeds in next 3 seasons. But beyond Johnny's and Gio's contract there is a big question mark what will come after them. If you guys are concerned about what will happen when those expire, he has every right to be concered as well. I cannot blame him for that.
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When Tkachuk becomes a UFA ...
· Pietrangelo will be 34-years-old
· O'Reilly will be 33-years-old
· Tarasenko will be 32-years-old
· Schenn will be 32-years-old
· Faulk will be 32-years-old
· Schwarz will be 31-years-old
· Parayko will be 31-years-old
· Sundqvist will be 30-years-old
· Binnington will be 29-years-old
· Barbashev will be 28-years-old
· Fabri will be 28-years-old
· Dunn will be 27-years-old
· Brady Tkachuk will be at least two years away from UFA.
That does not look to me like a winning roster in four year's time, and the Blues could arguably be in worse shape than the Flames by then. Tkachuk would still be waiting an additional two years to fulfill his childhood dream of playing with his brother. Is he really prepared to risk two years in his mid-twenties just for an outside chance of playing in his home town with Brady? I seriously doubt it.