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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Yep, without that colossal mistake that was James Neal, the team would easily have enough money to ink Tkachuk to a long term 8 year deal with plenty of cap left over to add another quality player. But because of the Troy Brouwer buy out and the awful James Neal/Lucic contracts, the team had too much dead money on the books to afford the necessary raises and extensions for their homegrown guys.
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And what would have been required to sign Tkachuk for 5 years? Or 6 or 7?