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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Not particularly, and certainly not in the context of this being a situation he created which we were aware of when he signed the contract.
Up to July 22nd (and at any point before) Tkachuk could have accepted his QO of 9M and then walked as UFA next year. He no longer can accept his QO.
However, he’s guaranteed at least that now by mid August if he goes to arbitration and can still walk and be a UFA next year making more than 9M.
So it does nothing but (potentially) hurt the Flames if Tkachuk is dead set on being a UFA.
He can no longer be given an offer sheet, but that means the Flames can’t match an offer sheet and the only poison pill offer sheet that exists is a one year contract worth 9-10.49M which gives them a couple first round picks, a second and a third (over 10.5M and it’s four firsts and I think you have to take the compensation), under 9M or longer than 1 year and the Flames are in a better situation than getting to arbitration.
I think this is a neutral move that both parties probably agreed to while they negotiate, but if not, the Flames are probably more concerned that Tkachuk was not going to accept his QO and hold out, otherwise the upside to arbitration does not outweigh the negatives in this situation.
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That makes zero sense given that you were going on about giving Tkachuk and Gaudreau arbitrary deadlines in the other thread after which they’d be shipped off.
Now when the Flames actually set a firm deadline with Tkachuk it’s… bad?