[Signing] Flames sign Tkachuk (3 yrs, $7 mil AAV)

[red sky]

GMBT may not be around to re-sign him anyways if the team doesn't have some playoff success in the next few years. Hopefully he will be ready for game 1

[sureLoss]

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Expect AAV to be $7M

Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
$7M AAV for Tkachuk.

[Flames_F.T.W]

Thank god! So happy this didn't drag into the season and become a distraction!

[Rhettzky]

RIP Gio Cap

[Two Fivenagame]

Boomer saying he'll have arb rights at the end of the contract.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Two Fivenagame

Boomer saying he'll have arb rights at the end of the contract.

Yes, if he plays one more year he would have arb rights.

[bubbsy]

Great news to start the day!

[bubbsy]

I really like the slotting now, would have loved to see Bennett getting 2nd line time, but also happy to see a mangiapane/Dube pushed to the 4th line. Thought both have looked somewhat meh this preseason.

[sureLoss]

Ryan Leslie @SNryanleslie
Correction: it’s early here. 3 year deal at 7 mil per. Which would not make him the highest paid flame of all time. My apologies.

[Yrebmi]

So, structure is going to matter.
The actual pay on the final year will determine his QA next go round. I expect 6 - 7 - 8

[Nammer403]

Here we go!

[kman35ca]

**** Yeah!!!!

[ComixZone]

CapFriendly.com Armchair-GM User-Generated Roster

FORWARDS (12)
Right wing: Elias Lindholm ($4,850,000) - Sam Bennett ($2,550,000) - Andrew Mangiapane ($715,000) - Michael Frolík ($4,300,000)
Centre: Sean Monahan ($6,375,000) - Mikael Backlund ($5,350,000) - Derek Ryan ($3,125,000) - Mark Jankowski ($1,675,000)
Left wing: Johnny Gaudreau ($6,750,000) - Matthew Tkachuk ($7,000,000) - Milan Lucic ($5,250,000) - Tobias Rieder ($700,000)

DEFENSE (6)
Right: TJ Brodie ($4,650,400) - Travis Hamonic ($3,857,143) - Rasmus Andersson ($755,833)
Left: Mark Giordano ($6,750,000) - Noah Hanifin ($4,950,000) - Oliver Kylington ($730,833)

GOALTENDER (2)
David Rittich ($2,750,000) - Cam Talbot ($2,750,000)

BUYOUTS (2)
Troy Brouwer ($1,500,000) - Michael Stone ($1,166,667)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 22
Salary Cap: $81,500,000
Cap Hit: $80,450,876
Cap Space: $1,049,124

[keenan87]

I love Tkachuk.. but him getting paid more than Point is a joke imo.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

i Knew there was no Gio cap. There just couldn't be at this day and age.

Because there's a Tkachuk cap

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by keenan87

I love Tkachuk.. but hin getting paid more than Point is a joke.

This is the tax-discount effect. Point’s cap hit is lower, but he’ll take home more money.

[bc-chris]

nice!!


a great way to start my wednesday!!

[sureLoss]

So QO from the Flames will need to be $9 million when the deal is up. Which makes the deal effectively $30 million over 4 years.

Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger
$9 mil in 3rd year.

[TheScorpion]

That's not as bad as I expected.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by keenan87

I love Tkachuk.. but hin getting paid more than Point is a joke.

Monahan gets paid more than MacKinnon and Barkov, too. I look at it as a "feel good" tax for RFAs when you aren't the one setting the precedents. You show them the comparables and then give them an arbitrary raise because they had to wait for the comparables.