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Originally Posted by Jay Random
They didn't gamble on anything. They got the longest term Gaudreau was willing to sign for. Tkachuk, if I recall, wanted a 4-year deal that would have walked him directly to UFA, and 3 years was the only other term he was willing to accept.
It isn't extreme mismanagement to sign players to the only contracts they will accept. What should Treliving have done: get rid of them both after their ELCs? Or maybe drug them with pentothal to make them sign different deals?
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Is there any actual evidence that Tkachuk would only sign a 3 year deal? From what I recall the team didn't have the cap space to sign a long term deal. Either way Tkachuk wad an RFA and Flames had the leverage. Treliving definitely screwed that contract up bad. You only got 3 years and then basically gave all the leverage to the player.