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Originally Posted by The Cobra
While everything you say may well be correct, "deserve" likely has little to do with it.
I'm guessing he wants 4 years, but may settle for 5 if the price is right.
I expect he'll be like his dad, and drive a hard bargain. Calgary needs to be prepared to trade him if they don't like the price, but that's not going to help them win the Cup anytime soon. They won't be able to get a comparable player who's cheaper. Tkachuk's value will be discounted if he has huge salary expectations and there's a team out there that will pay him that amount because the acquisition cost is less.
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If my options are sign a bad deal or trade him for less than hes worth then the flames need to look at either signing a deal that buys 0 ufa years and risk losing him in 4 years or trade gio and shift the window out a couple years and build for 2 years from now. I doubt they trade gio so 4 years 6.75 and rebuild in 3 years make a run now