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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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Nobody said St. Louis wasn’t on the list. Tkachuk would only extend for a handful of teams. He chose those destinations, not the Flames. Five of the six were sunbelt teams. Tkachuk loves going to the rink wearing flip flops and hanging out at the pool on his off-days. He’s also said even before he went to Florida, Bennet gushed about how great the lifestyle was. But he would have been happy to go the Blues as well because it’s his hometown.
Tkachuk wasn’t going to wind up anywhere he didn’t want to live.
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all I said is the Flames made the final call and it COULD have been St. Louis which is NOT a beach city. Flames also could have been far less accomidating to a player bailing on them.