Dino Tkachuk
Ottawa Senators
- Jan 6, 2009
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The point is he doesn't get a choice. If he takes the team to arbitration the team chooses between 1 or 2 years. I don't think he's getting much of a raise over his QO so maybe 3.5M per year.1 year deal doesn't matter at all, because he would have to be qualified at the same offer.
If the team walks away from Ceci because he is awarded too much in arbitration, he'll easily get 4-5 years 4M+ on the open market. So that's hardly a bad thing for him.
The key is, his qualifying offer is 3.35M. He can't get less than that. So he doesn't have much incentive to settle for a 2 year deal that isn't much more than that when he can use his leverage to try to either push for a long term deal, or go to arbitration where he might be awarded significantly more than what the Senators are offering with the 3.35M QO safety night.
Ceci at 3.5 or 3.75 for 2 years is fine.