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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Tkachuk should be doing all this for the Calgary Flames
Loyalty.. a foreign concept with these new kids
Now college loopholes are a standard rite of passage and if your bridge deal isn't flattering (rarely were until recently unless you were a top 10 type player) you can just say you want to jet and get your short list too.
There was a time when an nhl team (any) drafting you then graduating you was an honour and players treated it as such.
Despite it all I still like the guy, which is why it's especially frustrating
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This is just an antiquated train of thought.
Tkachuk is a super star. The Flames had the opportunity to lock him in long term, they just would have had to pay fair market value for it. They chose the cost controlled path where they had more bargaining power so they could suppress the short term cost during those RFA years. Hell, the fact that there are even cost controlled years built into the system shows that the system is slanted towards the teams/corporations in the first place.
The Flames literally chose this path. They were the ones who didn't bet big on Tkachuk, so Tkachuk rightfully chose a different path forward.
Loyalty and honour in business? Those are terms corporations have used to minimize the importance of the individual to push a "company first" mindset. Good business is good for both the company and the individual. The idea that "loyalty is a foreign concept with these new kids" outright pisses me off. Loyalty, in the way you're using the term, is supposed to be based on a two way street - and that street was broken by the corporations first. Tkachuk did what's best for him, and that's exactly what he should be doing. I know I'd show no loyalty to a team that used their (systemic) leverage to suppress my earning potential.