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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Yeah, from everything reported so far the only reason I see Tkachuk signing an offer sheet is to leverage a better return from Calgary. One would think the only offer he would accept is one that he is certain the Flames would match, very similar to what likely happened with Aho. If that's the case, its probably a deal we would all be pretty happy with.
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Calgary would match many offers they wouldn't be very excited to give Tkschuk.
I doubt they'd be excited to give him the same deal Aho got, since it would bring him to UFA that much sooner than the Flames want.
But it's heard to imagine Tkachuk getting less than Aho now.
While the dollar amount wasn't staggering, the term suited the player and not the team.
RFA's are now getting the dollars and the desired term, taking them directly to UFA.