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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Top players should be paid as such, and generally players shouldn't take discounts.
If Tkachuk wants a big ol market value contract? Well, I think the Flames ought to give it to him because I think he's a player you can win with. I think he should be our next Captain. I think Tkachuk is worth somewhere between $9.5 and $10.5M AAV on a longer term contract (6 years?). I'd love to see a 6 year deal worth $9.5M'ish. That would take him to 30 years old which is perfect timing for him to head off and sign a long term big dollar deal with some other team (or here, if he happens to have the legs).
When you've got Seth Jones and Darnell Nurse making $9.5M, the market for top players has changed. Treliving should have paid more to get more years out of Tkachuk rather than the idiotically structured bridge deal in the first place though...
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Tkachuk has played 5 full seasons as a Flame and we have won sfa. He hasn't proven he can step up in the playoffs. I agree he is a top line player but he hasn't proven that he's a leader and needs a lot of maturing before he's captain material. $9 X 8 might end up being a good deal but there's definitely risk in that amount.
Edit. After actually reading the interview, yikes. My maturity comment above is letting him off easy. Definitely not something you'd want to hear if he was our captain. Sounds pretty 'me first'. As I've said here before, if you cam only get him for next year with the 1 year contract, ship him out.