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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
In this case though, around $8M would have been close to market for Johnny, and if they'd signed him in that range a lot of what's transpired since might not have.
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This means almost nothing. Of course other things may or may not have happened.
Does Tkachuk stay? maybe. Worth reminding everyone that Tkachuk and Sutter didn't see eye to eye on a number of things. When Sutter came in he cut Tkachuk's ice, which wasn't recieved well. Sutter also didn't play Tkachuk in OT as much as Tkachuk would have liked. Believe MT has something to say about this on Spittin' Chicklets after he signed in FLA.
There was also the Muzzin/stick flip incident which seemed to still be reverberating. Believe it was Sec who posted that offseason that the writing was on the wall. Tkachuk wouldn't be staying long term. So, it was known, or it shouldn't have caught anyone by surprise Tkachuk left. People can place all the blame at Treliving/the Flames feet but if Tkachuk wanted to stay,
he would have. This was Tkachuk's decision. People seem to want to overlook that in an attempt to find a throat to choke.
Treliving/the Flames deserve full criticism for signing Huberdeau to that deal but up to that point, they actually handeled the Tkachuk situation fairly well.