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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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It is extreme mismanagement to hang on to these guys beyond their most marketable windows If they still won’t sign. Tre blew it with Johnny and he’s just blown it again with Tkachuk. He’s backing himself into a trade deadline situation where he’ll have to take whatever is offered.