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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
So you think it's a good idea to keep both Gaudreau and Tkachuk, extend them, and have the Flames two highest paid forwards for the next 6+ years be flawed left shot wingers who are both making north of $8 million or maybe even north of $9 million AAV each?
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Yep. Considering they are the best players on the rosters that we got right now, and one of them is in prime development age, while the other was two seasons out of a 100* point season, and still has signs of being able to very productive with proper support. Who else on the roster should be getting the +9 million plus contracts?
The market for players that produce isn't going to be going down, and give it a couple years contracts are gonna rise up again. So you gotta be willing to pay for players that do actually produce. And those two players alone aren't going to handicap the Flames cap space. The rest of the roster needs to be built properly if the team as a whole is gonna be competitive.
There's also the case of retaining an assets for a duration of time. In the scenario that the Flames still aren't moving forward, and finally decide to commit to attempting another true rebuild, trading those two for decent value should be possible since there would be teams that feel their contributions would be worth the costs since they should still be good players overall. Unless for some unforeseen reason the quality of their player completely diminishes and they are shells of their former selves.
If both Gaudreau and Tkachuck do want to stay long term with the team, you definitely make deals at their market rate, and go from there.