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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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Treliving couldn't force Tkachuk to sign a different contract. It was either sign him or let him sit out and knowing Tkachuk, he would have sat out.
Which would have been perfect for a lot of people because it would have given them more ammunition to hate Treliving. Might have even been able to blame the leadership group like people did after Chucky had that meltdown.