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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
The player would still have plenty of reasons to consider a long term deal instead of the 1 year QO (though not very many reasons if the QO is $11M).
An interesting element to Tkachuk is that his dad earned ~$80M+, aka. generational wealth. In no way does it affect his desire to maximize every penny of career earnings, but his risk tolerance may be different than an individual of more modest means (also better ability to pay insure against probable future earnings if he opts for a shorter term this time). It might also mean that his priorities are a little different than most (preferring to control his destiny/location sooner instead of maximizing financial security).
The next CBA is another big element of uncertainty that could have big impacts to market conditions. Perhaps they will sort out a CBA extension this week, but otherwise a 2 year deal would put him an interesting position to either insulate himself against CBA changes, or to capitalize on a changing environment (TV deal).
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Tkachuk's dad also was a tough, and sometimes improper, contract negotiator. So that family history runs both ways.