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Originally Posted by dammage79
My problem is not with the player. Adding Nylander the player would be sheer brilliance. The surrounding factors though make acquiring Nylander out of the question. even adding him at a 6x6 (which is fair IMO) would really tighten things up moving forward with the Tkachuk re-sigining needed, goaltending has to be addressed as early as this deadline (Unless a catastrophy occurs this will likely be decided in the off-season /sigh). Then there players like Bennett and Jankowski and eventually having enough space for kids coming off ELC's in as early as two years.
There's a bit of room with Frolik and Stone coming off the books at some point but that space alone should be earmarked for Tkachuk salary alone.
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You're right. Definitely a real ripple effect within the team in terms of future signability issues. If Treliving sees it as either Nylander or Tkachuk then you gotta go Tkachuk but if it's a matter of Nylander or Bennett and Jankowski I would have to lean towards Nylander. I just feel like the opportunity to acquire a young controllable player like Nylander doesn't come along often.