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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I just don't think Tkachuk cares about the highest paid player thing. If he signs a 1 year deal, that won't be his benchmark IMO. And he most certainly won't get bent over like Labanc did.
In theory his AAV should be low on a 1 year deal but the whole RFA market has changed radically. Being under team control isn't helping teams save any money it appears.
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Hopefully we find out in the near future that teams not having cap space isn’t helping RFAs make money as well.
Treliving at some point can look him in the eye and say “So we have (whatever number, say ~6.75) million and not a penny more, it’s all we can do. Do you want to sit out and hope we find more money, knowing there is the risk of missing the year if we can’t?”