they issue is that the cap has continually risen and Draistl's contract basically blows up the structure for everyone after him.
Calgary lucked out big time by signing monny and johnny the year before Draistl...
we'll have no such luck with Tkachuk... I'm thinking 7.5-8 million on a 6 year deal, it could be lower if its on a bridge, but would Calgary want to do that? If you bridge Tkachuk to end at the same time as johnny/monny, then maybe you can pitch the idea of signing all three to 'lifetime' deals
but the "Gio cap" is gone...
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