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Originally Posted by danny darko
Has there been any actual indication that he isn't interested in signing long term here? At first it sounded like the arbitration was being viewed as a positive, because it gave them more time to work out a deal. Is all the Tkachuk wants out talk stemming from Eric Francis 's thoughts, or is there more that I haven't seen?
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No indication that I can see.
I think it buys time either way. If the Flames want more time to negotiate a contract before he just accepts his QO. It buys them a minimum of 5 days more to keep talks going and avoiding that scenario.
Same thing if the Flames want to trade him. If he accepts his QO, then you are trying to trade a pending UFA player on a 1 year deal as opposed to a player still unsigned, which has a little more value.
I would like to know what happens if Tkachuk was traded after the July 22nd deadline to accept his QO, but before a hearing. Does the team acquiring him inherit the club arbitration, or can he just immediately accept his QO upon being traded? Or does he just stay an RFA as if his QO was just never accepted?