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Originally Posted by ComixZone
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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A. Frolik or no, I don't know that $10.5 was doable then.
B. Tkachuk likely says no to 8 years. Or says yes and demands a trade 4 years in.
C. Draisaitl is no comparison. He was probably rightly terrified at moving from McDavid's side.
D. 10.5 would have been a huge gamble in 2019. And it sure would have looked bad in the next two seasons where Tkachuk was below a PPG.
E. Let's say he agreed to 6x9. We'd be done year 4 now, and I doubt Tkachuk makes a difference to the present result. You have him but you still don't have Gaudreau, you don't have Weegar, you don't have Huberdeau, who was good in the last month anyway. You are likely still playing with Monahan, because you don't have the pick to pay (and therefore no Kadri who, for all his afults, is better than Monahan).
So now you have 1 year left with
x-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman
Dube-Monahan-Pelletier
x-Ruzicka-Duehr
Hanifin-Andersson
Tanev-Zadorov
???????
Markstrom-Wolf or Vladar
I don't think that team is any better than what's on the ice for next year.