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Originally Posted by gvitaly
That was my thinking exactly. The same goes for signing RFAs to short contracts. Take Tkachuk as an example. You will need to qualify him at about $9M or he will become a UFA. Maybe a 6-7 year commitment would’ve been more beneficial. The Flames simply didn’t have the cap space though. I am also not complaining about the Lindholm/Monahan/Gaudreau/Andersson/Hanifin contracts.
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I don't believe that Tkachuk's 3 years is the Flames being ruthless but Tkachuk and his agent being so.
I would have aimed for 5x$7.5
Possibly unlikely but then we could settle on 3x$7 and go back at it then. Which is exactly what will happen. Again I wouldn't offer more than 5 years