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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
The thing with both Tkachuks is that neither of them have really progressed at all in the past 3 years.
Both of them hit their career high 3 years ago.
Brayden Point produces almost twice as much as only gets 1.2 mill per season more.
How is Ottawa supposed to compete with Tampa when the contract disparity is this huge.
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Well in general NHL forwards peak earlier offensively than fans think they do.
I have a theory that sons of former NHLers peak even earlier for what I feel are obvious reasons.
Going to be tough for any Canadian team to compete with states that have no income tax. It's better than it was pre-cap.