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Originally Posted by jayswin
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
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Which really wouldn't be fair.
Pettersson, Barzal, Point, Robertson, Debrincat, Meier, Boeser, Werenski, McAvoy have all signed similar 3 or 4 year deals coming off their ELCs.
That was actually the trend in those 2019/2020 offseasons for RFAs.
In the end if Tkachuk really wanted to re-sign here long term he could have for 8 x $10.5M.
And really 3 x $7M followed up by 8 x $10.5M would have been better for both sides than going right to 8 x $9M in 2019.
Tkachuk just decided he didn't want to be here anymore - and he could have demanded a trade even if he were under contract still too and we'd be in the exact same spot.