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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Maybe it would have been a good contract.
Nobody would have called it a good contract in 19-20 or 20-21 when he was below a PPG.
You can't just assume if he signs that deal then he still has a 104 point season in 21-22 and a 108 point season this year.
The contract situation, and the new team was motivation for putting up big numbers...maybe that doesn't happen with a 8 x $10.5M signed.
People are using the benefit of hindsight to make decisions in 2019. People would have called for Treliving's head if he signed Tkachuk for 8 x $10.5M in 2019.
In the end the team was willing to make Tkachuk the highest paid player in Franchise history this past offseason, and he said "No Thanks". He never wanted to be here long term and his actions prove it. No matter what he says which is all just lip service to try to make himself look good.
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Nobody was calling the contract Buffalo gave Tage Thompson a good contract at the time it was signed. Good GMs should be good at predicting the trajectory a player is on. Tkachuk was drafted 6th overall, went right from junior to the NHL, and started producing right away. It should not have been a shock that he became a star player after a few years.
Foresight is an important quality for any GM, and hindsight is the way they should be judged. It's a fair way to evaluate them.
To your other post, I would have gladly taken Tkachuk for 6 years at $9 million even if it would have walked him to free agency, if that was what he wanted. It's a complete guess if that was what he actually tabled, but just for argument's sake. The caveat being that the Flames didn't go into that last season without an extension in place (or trade), like they did with Gaudreau. We should be thankful that Tkachuk at least made his intentions known early so he could be traded, but the unfortunate chain reaction means that we are now anchored with what is potentially the worst contract in NHL history since the implementation of 8-year term limits. That of course is still to be determined, but the early returns are not looking good.