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Originally Posted by AC
Not quite. He'd have to do a sign and trade to get the 8th year.
He's on Vegas' reserve list as of the deadline so that's the only team that can sign him to 8 years now. Trading just his rights doesn't allow that.
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Tkachuk was a good recent example of this. The Flames worked out a trade with Florida, then signed him to an 8 year contract before the teams entered the trade call.