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Originally Posted by The Cobra
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that Tkachuk would have signed an 8-year contract assuming the money was right. It was certainly the Tkachuk way starting with Dad. And Brady took the 8-year deal with Ottawa.
When Treliving couldn't fit the dollar amount in for the long term deal (because of Frolik?), Tkachuk took the less term/less money but insisted on the "walk" deal , not necessarily so he could walk, but to increase his leverage.
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I think the term "common knowledge" gets walked out a lot when we really mean "didn't someone say once ..." which is far from knowledge.
With the guys signed that summer to those UFA walk deals there was certainly a push for that model across the league.