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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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That's totally fair and all but the trend now is for teams that really like their young guys to sign them to money and term before they blow up. The Tage Thompson contract looks really good today and that's probably going to be the norm going forward for teams as it's better to invest into drafted prime talent than 28-30 year old free agents. I would expect if Coronato shows a lot of promise that the Flames won't be messing around when he becomes an RFA.