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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I don't think Tkachuk wants out.
I think he wants more money than the Flames want to pay him and probably more time, but the organization is terrified to play this out the same way they did with Gaudreau.
Tkachuk is also kind if a victim of Gaudreau here, because everyone is assuming he'll do the same and he won't be given the same opportunity to play out another season and negotiate as it goes.
This may or may not be true, but he's been treated differently because of what just happened with #13.
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Tkachuk is unlikely to put up a better season next year than this year. This is the time for him to decide what to do, as his bargaining power is as good as it could ever be. I don't see him as a victim at all. He's actually been giving a massive opportunity. Career year with Gaudreau. Now the team is desperate to sign him.
If he's still unsure now about whether he wants to commit, what would change in a year?