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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
Agreed, I don't think it is as cut and dried as they wanted to leave all along, I think it is more situational and reacting to circumstances as they change.
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Tkachuk never asked to be traded until Gaudreau bolted. It's obvious he was open to staying if this team was serious about contending. The idea of leaving entered his brain when Treliving gave him a deal that essentially walked him to UFA status.
He's average GM, at best. Good riddance.