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Originally Posted by dustygoon
That would be true in the case of Tkachuk, who is the key piece i'm talking about. And twice has said signing long term was possible.
And Bennett...what are you talking about? Why would they give him $7M (10% of the cap at the time) after that rookie season with another year to go?
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Your post said "Younger Talent" it didn't mention Tkachuk specifically, and the fact is the Flames did bet on the majority of their young core - with Tkachuk being the one exclusion.
In terms of Tkachuk he also said he wanted to stay here long term...two weeks before turning down 8 x $10.5M and demanding a trade. The signals point to him not wanting to be here long term, no matter what he said. Lots of rumors out there that even "long term" only meant 6 years - similar to Marner/Rantanen - and not 8 years.
And in terms of Bennett that is a good comparison because that is exactly what is happening with Sanderson.
Sanderson shows great potential but he has 1 year on his ELC left, has only played one season, and their is risk with the $8M deal.
It wouldn't be that dissimilar from giving Bennett a huge deal coming off the 15-16 season when he had 36 points in 77 games as a rookie, with one year left on his ELC. Would people have been applauding if the Flames gave Bennett 8 x $6M or 8 x $7M that offseason - because that is what Ottawa is betting on here.