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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
When Treliving has to negotiate Bennett and Tkachuk in two years, he's going to be able to point to Gio, Johnny and Monahan as players who took less than $7M.
Bennett and Tkachuk have to be the two best players on the team to get north of $7M on their next deals. Which is great for us if that happens, but I don't see either being able to do enough to say they deserve more than Johnny or Gio.
Treliving may have given up two years of control on Johnny, but he also protected his cap from our next wave of contracts.
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If Bennett, Tkachuk or anyone else prove to be better players than Gaudreau or Giordano, wouldn't they expect to be paid more and in line with their peers around the league? I'm not as confident that players will only look to comparables on their own team.