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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
I look at this and see the same thing - a huge and really inexcusable miss to not get a long term deal done at the time. If Tre didn't want to pay him for a long term commitment at the time, he's certainly going to do it now or watch him walk very soon.
Instead of screwing up on pricey UFA signings for the umpteenth time or hanging onto short term stop gaps, he should have worried more about his own backyard first.
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The revisionist history on this is ridiculous.
The Flames negotiated with Tkachuk during a time the assumption was the cap would explode with the new TV deal. Matthews set a precedent signing a huge money deal with the Leafs for only 5 years.
Tkachuk was in line to ask for over $10M per on a 6-8 year deal that summer. This board completely $hit on him for his performance at $7M last year. Imagine if he made an additional 3-4M?
If the Flames didn’t want a bridge I don’t think they were getting more than 5 years of term with Matthew