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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
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.
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I think we all expect Brad does a good job.
Some people just shouldn’t be upset when the contract is signed because they confused their own low predictions with the threshold of what constitutes Treliving doing a “good job.”
You can spin it however you want. The guys I listed are the best players on their team, true. Then there’s Draisatl and Nylander, and fellow RFAs like Marner and Point who will also be getting paid.
The way Tkachuk plays and his lack of reliance on power plays to boost his stats puts him in the upper echelon of this contract class. Tkachuk is one of Calgary’s top 3 players, and arguably their best all-around player.
Yeah, a drop off after ASG. But he was also the leading goal scorer on the Flames post-ASG. The entire team faultered. He was still the best of em.