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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
Treliving has made one msitake that is even greater than the Neal contract, Hamonic trade, Gulutzan hire, and failure to acquire a good long term goalie. It's the Matthew Tkachuk contract.
Tkachuk is a fantastic player. He should be by far the most valuable asset in the organization. He had very little leverage in the negotiation. Now Tkachuk gets 9 million next year, and is a 25 UFA the year after.
That utterly destroys the majority of his value.
Not only has he been the highest paid player on the team during this deal, but he gets to be overpaid next year, and he could leave the team right as he's entering his prime.
I still can't get my mind around it.
If your elite 23-26 years olds don't have good contracts, no one will. How are you supposed to win when you manage the cap like that
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The disappointing thing here is I doubt you would be saying any of this if he had not mailed it in last season. He was being paid to be a leader on the team but he let that one incident define his season.