Rejoint: août 2018
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CGY fans will want the moon for Tkachuk and I don't blame them.
However, I think its important to remember that you cant agree an extension first and its a trade of RFA rights.
You'll never trade a tkachuk for tkachuk or a marner for a marner, but you can address other (multiple) problems/areas.
I think something like a Koneckny, Sanheim AND a 2nd or 3rd for Tkachuk's rights alone is probably not far off. (TK put up 50pts without a 1C all season, and a 2C, 2LW, 3LW and Giroux all out for 20 or more games, on a malfunctioning/poorly coached team, which I think is pretty good production, so I think its wrong to not see him as a top 6 winger.) Sanheim, while a pending UFA, is coming off a career year and CGY is still close now, and his salary/resign wouldnt upset balance of team moving forward. So I dont think the offer above is out of whack. (But I'd keep Dube and not make the Boyd acquisition, still leaving 2-3mil for an upgrade somewhere)
I'd have:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Mangiapane
Toffoli-Backlund-Koneckny
Pelletier-Larsson-Coleman
?-Rucizcka-Dube
Yesterday I put a Couturier/Sanheim/prospect Desnoyes and pick offer for Tkachuk.