He wasn't going to sign for anything less than 8 x $10.5m AAV because everyone and their dog knew they offered that to the other 115 point left winger in the league last year.
I'm sorry, but any Flames fan who isn't happy about this needs to take off their arm chair GM hat and just try being the fan of a really good hockey team that is trying to win the Cup.
They had 111 points last year for F sakes.
I thought they were boned when Gaudreau walked and Tkachuk publicly asked for a trade. then Treliving pulled off this miracle.
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