With that contract one of two things is true, either a) Tkachuck would have signed longer and Treliving therefore signed one of the worst star player contracts in NHL history, walking him right to free agency before he even hit his prime
or b) Tkachuck purposely negotiated the deal that way and wouldn't entertain anything longer, which means Tkachuk had already planned to leave 3 years ago, and then lied to the media and fans about how the deal came to be, and his desire to stay.
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