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Originally Posted by kukkudo
If Tkachuk was a UFA this summer he gets 8.5M plus on the open market. So 10M in a few years is not far off.
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Not in a flat market. Are you missing that the salary cap is not going up and that HRR is expected to be flat for the next two to three years? The only way Tkachuk get's $10M is if he is in the elite of the league, a top 10 player. Sitting outside the top 30 doesn't get you in that company. Tkachuk will have to put up a 40 goal, 90 point season or two before that type of money is spent on him. And he'll have to step up in the playoffs. Matthew isn't there yet, and anyone who spends that kind of coin on him right now is screwing their team over.