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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Where did you get this from? I recall people saying he really wanted the C and that would have moved the needle.
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I've never heard that, and I find it hard to beleive. He wanted UFA as soon as possible. I think back when his last contract was signed 5 years was the max you could have squeezed out of him (and that's a huge maybe which would have cost more than he'd earned at the time). And, at the time, there was a captain already.
You think, after Gaudreau walked, and Tkachuk had real leverage, he'd have stayed for a captaincy? He didn't get one in Fla. He just got a lot of money and a beach. And you think the Flames just made that a deal breaker this time around?