Confirmed with Link: Tkachuk signed a seven-year, $57.5 million deal. The AAV is 8.214 million

[Alex The Loyal]

AHHHHHH THEY DID IT

Stunned. I'm so happy. Get him that C

 

[BondraTime]

That man better be walking out with a C on his jersey tn even if he isnt in the lineup.

C was his whenever he stepped in the ice, whether it was 3 years or 8

 

[Micklebot]

A touch higher than I'd have liked but within the range of acceptable given the circumstances

I actually prefer 7 years to 8, I personally would have aimed at 6 to start off but whatever. 8 years is a really long time after all.

 

[TeamRenzo]

Watch him regress like Lucic towards the end where were happy it's not 8 years lol

You must be a lot of fun at parties

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

LET'SSSSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

AFTER EVERYTHING WE WENT THROUGH AND SEEING ALL MY ABSOLUTE FAV STARS LEAVE, I SUPRESSED ANY EXCITEMENT FOR THIS TO POSSIBLY HAPPEN AND IT DID, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Damn over 8 mil tho, lol.

 

[GCK]

A touch higher than I'd have liked but within the range of acceptable given the circumstances

I actually prefer 7 years to 8, I personally would have aimed at 6 to start off but whatever. 8 years is a really long time after all.

Couldn't agree more. I'm not a fan of anything over 6 years but at least we didn't give 7 years to a 28 year old.

 

[branch]

Honestly I’m just glad we put up the money even if he does end up being overpaid by a little bit. Since bonus stuff is impossible for us.

It’s a point where we need to buck the trend of letting our good players go.

Look who decided to show up!!

 

[HSF]

Overpayed but 7 years is good

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Apparently there’s two threads. I’d much rather overpay by a little bit and actually keep our good players rather than the alternative over the years so I’m pretty happy about it.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

That Suzuki contract probably set the market.

If Brady grows to a 60+ point player tho, then ir's worth it

It's definitely encouraging that he was willing to sign long-term, and that management was willing to pay

 

[SENSational]

Dorion did well here, both sides should be happy. Really glad they got a long term deal done, this contract will be fair in a few years.

 

[Micklebot]

The hesitancy to offer signing bonuses is disappointing imo, particularly for a guy like Brady with residency in the states, we could offer signing bonuses with bigger tax benefits than the cost of servicing a loan to help us pay them, bring down the overal salary to match and both sides are better off.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Now.. we gotta do everything we can to extend Norris as soon as freaking possible before he commands anything over 6.5

 

[HSF]

Now.. we gotta do everything we can to extend Norris as soon as freaking possible before he commands anything over 6.5

He already is above that if Suzuki got 7.7

 

[Micklebot]

Apparently there’s two threads. I’d much rather overpay by a little bit and actually keep our good players rather than the alternative over the years so I’m pretty happy about it.

Thx, fixed that

 

[Alfie11]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Butchy Dakkar]

checks HF boards for the 100th time in 15 days...

 

[ToastrStutzle]

LETS GOOO

 

[The Expert]

Dorion compromised on term and money from his 8M x 8YR offer, which was already an overpayment, so I would say holding out worked out pretty well for Tkachuk.

So both sides compromised. It’s almost like that’s how negotiating works.

 

[Agent Zub]

Pinto, Norris, Stutzle, Sanderson contacts are going to hurt now.

 

[cudi]

more relieved than anything. Just glad its finally over.

 

[Alfie11]

Love this dude.

 

[Senscore]

Pinto, Norris, Stutzle, Sanderson contacts are going to hurt now.

No it's fine because that happens starting next year which is so far away.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

He already is above that if Suzuki got 7.7

Nah, they both same age and Suzuki already has 2 seasons under his belt and a stanley cup final appearance with convincing number 1 C potential/glimpses. Norris only has one season.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Pinto, Norris, Stutzle, Sanderson contacts are going to hurt now.

Maybe. White’s contract didn’t really have an effect on Batherson’s.