Yeah, if that was the ask, it would have already been done. I'm not some GM-apologist at all, I hate the Bowman hire with every fiber of my being, both on the personal side, and on the hockey side. But if the asks were 1.8 and 1.2, they would have been done a long time ago.
Edit: I see that Friedman is reporting that those were indeed the asks. If that is true, this is a massive, MASSIVE, MASSIVE, mistake by Jackson/Bowman for not getting it done. Those are both exceedingly reasonable RFA asks, and should have been signed almost immediately. If its true, this is a "pack up your office offence" IMO. Both Jackson and Bowman would be fired if this was true and I was the owner. It's that bad.