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Originally Posted by Canada 02
$6.75, $6.75, $11 for next 3 years
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That would be a horrible deal for the Flames. If I am Tkachuk, I sign that immediately.
$24.5M for 3 years, plus a qualifying deal of what? $12.1M? (are qualifying offers 10% more than the prior year?)
That means $35.5 - 36.6M over 4 years, and then Tkachuk is a free agent at 26.
If the Flames offered Tkachuk $9M over 4 years, he would not be able to sign it fast enough. Your deal is fundamentally the same thing.
Pinder presented a similar contract yesterday on Who Says No, but he failed to realize that if you have a high salary in year 3, as an enticement for the player, then all they have to do is take the 1-year qualifying offer to make it a very attractive 4-year deal with instant free agency.