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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Well if you believe this, why should Tkachuk make decisions about who to keep and who to trade?
We’ll never really know if it was truly on the table, but locking up Tkachuk for as long as possible should have been a priority over another year of a rapidly declining Frolik.
I tend to believe Tkachuk would have signed a max term deal at that time but it would have been pricy. And I’m guessing Flames liked the idea of keeping his AAV down during the window of Gaudreau also being on a value contract.
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Going by what Tkachuk said and rumours at the time that they were exploring a variety of contract lengths including longer term ones it seems like signing him longer than three years could have happened.
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"The best-case scenario happened where there isn't one guy that had to be moved in this process," Tkachuk said. "That was a fear. You never want to see that happen. We had such a great team last year and we brought in pieces that made us that much better and can be more successful in the postseason.
"We could've done a longer term, however many years, but this was the deal that was going to keep the number within the [$81.5 million NHL salary cap], and to me, we have such a great group here, so many great guys. I want to win with this group.
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