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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I tend to believe Tkatchuk would have been ok to sign an $8M x 8 years coming out of his ELC. It would have made him a UFA at age 29, where he can sign one more monster deal (assuming he believes in his own playing ability). That would have been the way to max out his earnings, and also why I believe Brady was willing to sign that in Ottawa.
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Dont think so.
The delta between a $7M x 3 with a $9M poison pill at the end of it and a $8M x 8 isnt big enough. Flames easily do $8M x 8.
Brady signed $8.2M x 7 coming off a pro-rated 53 point season.
Matthew was coming off a 77 point season. It's not comparable production and Matthew was way more proven offensively at the time of signing.
The long term contract started with a $9M from Matthew's camp, guarantee it.