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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Treliving held on to Gaudreau too long and he can't repeat with Tkachuk as he still holds a lot of value. It appears to me that Treliving is one of those GM's that falls in love with his guys. He held on to Bennett too long, wouldn't include Valimaki in a Stone deal, and he probably wants/thinks he can keep Tkachuk long term. I don't see it personally as the Tkachuk's played their cards indicating they want to hit free agency.
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I agree that Tkachuk can and probably should be traded because of the contract. But I can’t agree that Treliving holds onto his guys too long. The Stone deal fell apart because Val was too high a price for a pure rental, not because he was untouchable. And he’s cut loose Hamilton, Hamonic, Neal and Brouwer, for whom he paid pretty high prices either in trades, salary or both.
Trading a star player is hard - you’d better get it right or you get crucified. I don’t blame him for being cautious.