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Originally Posted by GioforPM
No one knows what Treliving offered Gaudreau coming off of two seasons at something like .7 PPG, at a time when lost of posters called Gaudreau a peripheral, complementary player, and not an elite player. And hardly anyone has said what would have been a fair offer at that time. Why is it assumed that Treliving was the one making unreasonable demands?
Tkachuk - my sense is that that kid knows how to play media. He says he was willing to take a long term deal, but if you look at what he says, his "long term" sounds like 5 years. And you know he wanted a lot of money. At the time he looked promising but no one saw a 100+ point season coming I think.
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- Treliving had a history of being a very tough negotiator on his own guys
- Gaudreau was top 10 in points among all NHLers after his rookie onwards ahead of Ovechkin, Tavares, Kopitar and etc. He was not complimentary, he was very much elite.
- Tkachuk was definitely an elite power forward which was a rarity at the time. He really was just scratching the surface as a power forward. I’m steadfast in my belief that Tkachuk loved it here and would’ve been lifer here had it not been for that Muzzin incident. Something happened after that moment that completely soured him on teammates and organization. He wanted out after that and his feelings never wavered.
- Lastly, if previous year’s stats are so important to everyone and Treliving, then I guess we all deserve that $10.5M Huberdeau contract for the next 8 years. Guess it’s too much to ask for a professional NHL general manager to look beyond the numbers from time to time.