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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Not sure why Tkachuk takes a 1-year offer sheet at $8.4M when he's guaranteed to get at least a $9M QO, and likely more in arbitration. Calgary would simply match and Tkachuk is back where he started with a lesser salary.
Plus, the offering team is walking him to UFA.
I'm not sure what "effectively negotiate a 9-year deal" really means in this contenxt, it would be against the rules.
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Labanc and Kotmaniemi appear to have had handshake deals (or at least a framework in KK’s case) for subsequent extensions.
The problem with matching is you can’t trade him so you are totally over a barrel.
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