frightenedinmatenum2
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Tkatchuk? Like signed his ELC?
Yes he would have. Why did he sign an extension? After signed his ELC and then us trading stone from under him lol. He could have demanded a trade right there and then.
He didn’t keep that as some sort of chess move to get tkatchuk to sign his ELC. Tkatchuk would have been even more offended if that was the reason and then those pieces are immediately moved?
Dorion thought we could play. Plain and simple. He’s bad.
Same guy who tries to take us to the next level with Matt Murray Derek Stepan Dadanov and Erik Gudbrnasson.,..
You will have to search through archives of interviews, but Daddy Tkachuk has said something to the affect that Brady wasn't going to sign to have his development stunted by being the only player on the team. It was in the context of the Stone trade.
Keeping Stone+Duchene and bringing in roster players instead of maximizing picks+prospects and the above info is what leads me to conclude that they didn't trade those players in the summer due to needing to make the situation desirable enough to get Brady to sign.
It all stems back to the Melnyk stuff. I think that they couldn't do a proper rebuild because of his budget and reliance on ticket sales/revenue. Ticket sales were going to be worse than a typical rebuild because there was no trust or goodwill in the market place for a Melnyk run organization.
So it was a double whammy. They needed to convince the season ticket base that they weren't just selling off their stars to save money after their RFA years were up (spoiler: They were), Tkachuk also apparently was going to stay in College if the situation in Ottawa was a negative one on the ice. Keeping Stone, Duchene, adding Boedker, Tierney, etc - it made it seem a bit more like a re-tool than a tear down.
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