Tkachuk at 8 years, $10.5M would have been a good contract.
Flames should have got him inked for 8 years and slapped the “C” on his chest (yes, have Gio transition the “C” to him). That’s a player you build your franchise around. The Oilers took (pretty much) this approach with Draisaitl - they locked him up at “too much”, but they secured a cornerstone of their franchise and that deal ended up looking like a steal pretty quickly. Flames weren’t bold enough.
They didn’t, and it played out this way. Pretty grave mistake.
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