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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
After yesterday, it would seem negligent to not go to Tkachuk and say something to the effect of “do you want to be here? If you don’t, that’s fine. Give us 5 teams you’d extend with for 8 years, and you’ll be on one of them by camp. If you tell us you want to be here and haven’t signed by September 1, that will be taken as a trade demand, and we will take the best offer we can get.”
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He might extend on one of those 5 teams, but it would depend on the price.
I expect he'll want to go UFA anyway, unless someone overpays badly in advance.
Playing hardball with Tkachuk will not get you anywhere. He has all of the leverage.
Don't go into a gunfight with a jack knife.