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Originally Posted by gvitaly
Tkachuk did miss all/most of training camp that year, so he held out for the deal he signed. I'm sure he wanted a long term deal, and he probably looked at the contracts Matthews and Marner signed as comparables. I'm sure he saw himself as an $8M+ player on a long term deal. That's me doing some guesstimating, because he certainly wasn't signing an 8 year $7M per deal. Is Tkachuk worth a lot more than that if he were to turn into a free agent this summer? You would probably still be able to sign him to an ~$8.5M contract as a UFA, because of the flat cap.
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If he wants to sign here. I think Brad thought the team was on the rise so getting a deal done after the bridge would be easy. Not so sure it will be now. Tkachuk has all the leverage and can pretty much decide his fate. Massive contract if he wants or head to free agency if he wants.