Joined: Jun. 2017
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I think that the McDavid situation will be an outlier, and not the norm. If Edmonton wants to continue to make the bad decision to just shell out massive money, that's their problem. I can't see Tkachuk making more than Giordano and Gaudreau, unless he comes out and becomes the top scorer and leader on the team. Even then he won't be getting over 8M. Treliving did a really savy thing when he signed Gaudreau and Giordano to those deals. He knew that they would be their offensive and team leaders respectively, setting a hypothetical internal cap on contracts, ensuring that the only guys that will get paid more than them, are guys that take over those roles.