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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Except all he has to do is accept his QA and run to UFA.
I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it again, 3 year bridge contracts are just plain stupid, they give the player 100% leverage.
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They only do this when they cannot afford to give a long term contract (like Tkachuk) and to placate him they give him a 3-year contract with rising amounts ( eg. 5-7-9). I believe Tkachuk would have held without either an 8 year contract or this type of 3-year contract.
Dumb , yes? But the real tragedy was not being able to give him the 8 year contract.