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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The team also had leverage even if Tkachuk was the one insisting on the bridge. Let him hold out and play hardball. It was a different regime, but the Flames even did that with Iginla back in the day.
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Let him hold out? Calgary was coming off a pretty good year. I think it was suicide to have Tkachuk hold out. And playing hard ball would make a future long term contract unlikely.
The mistake Treliving made was to not sign him to a long term contract and simply let Frolik go to afford it.