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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
Clearly Treliving et al didn’t see young Tkachuk the same way and had doubts about whether he would continue an upward trajectory. Maybe that’s also why they didn’t re-negotiate Gaudreau’s contract a few years ago. They would rather save the long-term high salaries for free-agent players in their early 30’s coming off career-high production seasons.
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They choose three years because they could go 8 (due to cap reasons), and Tkachuk balked at anything else if it wasn't going to be 8.
Re-negotiating contracts is not allowed in the NHL.