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In my mind also had such thoughts, I would even more give for Tkachuk, Brady and Casey have good chemistry.

Just a start but fair price imo if Ottawa is willing to part ways with Brady. Definitely a player the sabres could use.

Assuming Ottawa even entertains moving Tkachuk, I imagine he's not available outright, I think the price to move up from in this case 7th to 4th where Brady was selected (I know not a real apt comparison but there really is no reason to do this otherwise) the cost would probably be higher simply on what we've seen in the past trades.

Ottawa paid NJ a 3rd rounder in that current year, just to move up from 12th to 11th. In the top 5 we're talking about prospects that GM's won't move simply to not risk being the guy that traded an elite talent away. A 2nd rounder in two drafts from now and a 24 year old undrafted college prospect IMHO is not worth the risk of dropping from Tkachuk, whose a player of a certain established value based on his play in his rookie year for a 7th pick who may or may not even be as good as Tkachuk.

This would be a situation where you'd have to overpay just to convince Ottawa to start negotiating moving Tkachuk. Even if Tkachuk isn't worth the value they'd ask in return, they have zero inclination to move him otherwise. Zero.

@F50marco what do you think would be a fair deal revolving around using 7oa as the main piece?

Its not about what is fair, its about what your looking for? If you are looking for Tkachuk, might as well accept the idea that its going to look like an overpay that probably will make Buffalo worse. If you are looking for a player similar to what Tkachuk brings, go the free agency route and try for Simmonds or Ferland. So what if you have to overpay money wise? Better that than overpaying a trade that you know is not worth it. Cap/salary at least can be traded and maneuvered around if ever it backfires. Picks and prospects or young roster players? Gotta wait until you accrue more of them and that takes a lot of time.