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Originally Posted by Textcritic
“Decidedly”? I think that is overstating things a fair bit. Tkachuk is in the conversation, for sure, but I don’t believe he is definitively a better player than both Monahan and Lindholm. A good case could be made that Lindholm is the most important forward on the team since he excels in all situations—even strength, power play, and penalty kill—and Monahan plays the most difficult position of the top-four.
I agree that Tkachuk is going to cash in, and his number arguably will be in the $8 m range, but the Flames are going to mount a very good case to shrink that number on the basis of where he fits relative to his equally important teammates.
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I mean, it might be overstating things. But Tkachuk drives the offense on his line at 5v5 and is great at playing a two-way brand of hockey. I'd also pick him first out of anyone on the Flames in a league-wide fantasy draft. I think he has the most value going forward and I think he has more isolated value than either Monahan or Lindholm. The discrepancy is small, but it's there -- but that's obviously just my opinion, nothing more.