{"id":19922,"date":"2022-07-20T06:46:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T06:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snapshots-tkachuk-geekie-kravtsov-mikheyev\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T06:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T06:46:43","slug":"snapshots-tkachuk-geekie-kravtsov-mikheyev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snapshots-tkachuk-geekie-kravtsov-mikheyev\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshots: Tkachuk, Geekie, Kravtsov, Mikheyev"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>In what has so far shaped up to be a nightmarish offseason for the Calgary Flames, there could be another high-profile departure yet to come. <strong>Matthew Tkachuk<\/strong>, the team&#8217;s remaining superstar winger, is headed for an arbitration battle with the Flames, as we found out yesterday.  They may not even reach that point, though. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BKSportsTalk\/status\/1549463919009333253\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Francis of Sportsnet believes<\/a> that the Flames and Tkachuk are \u201cparting ways,\u201d and that the club elected to pursue arbitration in order to \u201cbuy more time\u201d to find an appropriate exit plan.  Francis added on that he thinks the situation \u201cwill be wrapped up within the week,\u201d and if he&#8217;s right the deal would cement this July as one of the most transformative months in Flames history.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to potentially trade Tkachuk comes thanks to the reality of his contract situation.  Tkachuk is in a position to hit unrestricted free agency next summer and looks poised to do so.  The Flames have had every opportunity to extend Tkachuk on a long-term extension, and yet have failed to secure his signature on a deal to this point, indicating that Tkachuk&#8217;s heart may not be in Calgary long-term, just like Gaudreau.  As a result, the Flames might be motivated to move Tkachuk now in order to avoid a situation where the team allows 100-point wingers to leave in free agency in two consecutive offseasons.  The Flames asking price, should they be open to a Tkachuk trade, is likely to be sky-high, although the lack of cap space league-wide could limit them in their chase to get the largest return package possible.<\/p>\n<p>Now, for some other notes from across the league:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Conor Geekie<\/strong> scared quite a few Arizona Coyotes fans early in the team&#8217;s development camp when he went down with what looked to be a pretty grisly lower-body injury.  Thankfully, though, the injury was not serious, and Geekie confirmed as much today <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigSMorgan\/status\/1549491982942121984\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">to PHNX&#8217;s Craig Morgan<\/a>.  Per Morgan, Geekie \u201cdid not elaborate\u201d on the nature of his injury or any timeline for a return to the ice, but he did note that he was still doing cardio and working out his upper body.  With his entry-level deal already signed, Geekie has the chance to make the Coyotes&#8217; opening-night roster, so he&#8217;ll want to ensure that this upper-body injury is fully recovered by this fall so he can hit the ground running at training camp.<\/li>\n<li>There has been some nervousness from people across the NHL Russian players and whether they&#8217;ll be able to easily return to North America from offseasons spent in Russia for training camps this fall.  For the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks, they won&#8217;t need to worry much longer about two of their players. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DhaliwalSports\/status\/1549497071195013120\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">CHEK&#8217;s Rick Dhaliwal<\/a> has learned from agent Dan Milstein that the Canucks&#8217; big offseason signing, <strong>Ilya Mikheyev<\/strong>has arrived in North America in order to begin his preparations for the upcoming season. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MollieeWalkerr\/status\/1549494322759958530?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Post&#8217;s Mollie Walker<\/a> has also learned from Milstein that winger <strong>Vitaly Kravtsov<\/strong> has arrived in New York City in advance of training camp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what has so far shaped up to be a nightmarish offseason for the Calgary Flames, there could be another high-profile departure yet to come. Matthew Tkachuk, the team&#8217;s remaining superstar winger, is headed for an arbitration battle with the Flames, as we found out yesterday. They may not even reach that point, though. Eric &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snapshots-tkachuk-geekie-kravtsov-mikheyev\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Snapshots: Tkachuk, Geekie, Kravtsov, Mikheyev<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[4795,5729,9391,9392,4706,4732,9393],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23213,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-we-know-about-flames-trading-matthew-tkachuk-to-panthers\/","url_meta":{"origin":19922,"position":0},"title":"What we know about Flames trading Matthew Tkachuk to Panthers","date":"July 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Florida Panthers acquired forward Matthew Tkachuk in a blockbuster deal with the Calgary Flames on Friday night, then promptly signed him to an eight-year extension. 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