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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Your position on the negotiation limitations of an RFA player are all nice in theory, and really do hold water when you’re talking about middle of the road guys, but young top level talent gets paid regardless of their RFA status.
It’s not just one or two players. RFA stars have been getting star-quality contracts for years. Look at the big contracts of McDavid, Matthews, and Eichel. Big, right? Fair? Probably. Overpaid? Not when you consider they all could have and would have gotten more as a UFA.
RFAs get paid, if they’ve earned it. Tkachuk earned it.
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The guys you list are the best players on their team at signing and face of the franchise types. Also you could argue they were signed by teams desperate to sign that face of the franchise, in the ugly early parts of the rebuilds
Tkachuk is among the top, what, 5 Flames players?
Definitely not the same productivity post ASG and playoffs.
We will see. I expect Brad does a good job.