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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I like Tkachuk a lot and I hope he stays. Lots of people expect Gaudreau to leave after he reaches UFA and Tkachuk has the exact same risk. Maybe you didn’t mean to say it the way you did, but Tkachuk is not a player you “build around” IMO. He could though be an extremely useful piece on a good team.
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Tkachuk doesn't have the exact same risk because he's RFA at the end of his contract and there's a decent chance he'd be open to re-signing. Gaudreau being UFA at the end of his contract has a much chance higher of leaving imo.
How is Tkachuk not a player you build around? One of the our top forwards and just turned 22. How are "useful piece(s) on a good team" not players you build around? You build around your core do you not? Are we not currently building around guys like Tkachuk, Monahan, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson, Valimaki, Hanifin? With potential from Mangiapane, Dube, Kylington, etc? Seems like a really weird semantics argument you're trying to make around Tkachuk not being a guy to build around. Super confusing.