How was he hardballed you are making things up.
THat summer is was a bunch of bridge deals or 5 year deals like Matthew Marner and Rantanen signed.
You would have been crazy to shell out a double digit deal to him at that point in his career.
Look at the 2 seasons he put on the ice and his no show playoffs. Not to mention his stupid antics get other teams to play us even harder.
Most people went into last season horrified at the thought of the 9 million QO he was owed.
After the Canadian Division and season after teh bubble people wanted changes.
Both Gaudreau and Tkachuk sewered their values, they put on a show last season so they could get paid.
But sure lets blow up the franchise and cap to make Tkachuk happy and try to make 9th place like Florida as long as he gets his points.
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