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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
My point was Brady got about a $3M per year over payment vs what he was likely worth on a bridge, and that's why he went long term.
Brady wouldn't have likely gotten more than $5.5M on a bridge based on his performance to date. So for him getting $8.2M long term makes a ton of sense - he didn't have to bet on himself because Ottawa was already paying for potential.
For Matthew that was trickier.
He was already worth $7M on a bridge, and his value was closer to $9.5-$10M on a long term deal based on potential.
So for Treliving at the time if it was 3 x $7M (RFA at expiry) vs 6 x $9.5M (UFA at expiry) then I think he actually made the right bet.
If Tkachuk really wanted to be here long term he could have re-signed the 8 x $10.5M deal as an RFA or even just have signed his offer sheet to walk him to UFA.
Barzal re-signed, Point re-signed, Mcavoy re-signed...all these other guys re-signed and are locked into their teams for 8 years now instead. Just because Tkachuk decided he wanted to leave doesn't mean it was the wrong strategy, just shows what Tkachuk's true intention was IMO.
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Oh I agree that after he signed that three year deal he was gone because he knew he had the option at that point to basically force a trade. But if we are talking about him signing long term I think he would've before the bridge. It's too much money to turn down imo.