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Originally Posted by GullFoss
https://www.tsn.ca/tkachuk-matthews-...-bar-1.1253751
So this negotiation is going to be fascinating. Not sure how Tkachuk can get paid $8m+ on a team where the rest of the core is getting less than $7m. I'm starting to think the way this comes full circle is with Tkachuk signing a 3-4 year contract at $6.7m to keep him on the same footing as Giordano and Johnny - and arguably that's how important Tkachuk is to this team.
Three years would take him to one year before free agency. Four years would allow the Johnny and Tkachuk contracts to reset together as Giordano comes off the books. It would also make a lot of sense - Gio comes off the books and retires. Johnny gets an "A" and Tkachuk gets a "C" and they both get new contracts like Toews and Kane did. It also gives Tkachuk the option to bolt to free agency very early if he want to...
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That was an option discussed on 960, and has some positives. The team will also have a better idea of money because of Brodie/Hamonic/Stone money going away or being redone.
The only issue is that it makes extensions of Johnny, Monnie and Tkachuk happen really close together, creating a Marner/Nylander/Matthews situation.