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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
He signed a 21 year old to a bridge contract after that kid had a break out career season.
He didn't back himself into any corners. The next two seasons Tkachuks production dipped, if Treliving had signed Tkachuk to some monstrous 8 year extension based off one near point per game season the same people whining now would have been whining for two years straight after Tkachuks production dipped. That bridge contract was a perfectly reasonable move at the time, but unfortunately COVID happened and it helped tip the scales for Tkachuk to want to leave Canada.
Everybody is always a genius when they look at things in hindsight to criticize someone else.
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We're missing (and have discussed ad naseum) all the other deals he made that prevented him from signing Tkachuk to a longer term.
That whats bugging me when I listen to TSN or Sportsnet. He wasn't just some guy who pulled a rabbit out of his hat.