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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Tkachuk is more expense than Laine. It will be interesting as with his 6-3 220 frame Dubois is not a Getzlaff crusher type he is mainly speed and passing and smarts.
He compares well to Nathan Mackinnon. Mackinnon broke in as an 18 year old where Dubois went back to Jr
In their 19-21 years:
Mackinnon 218 games 51 goals 143 pts -25
Dubois 234 games 65 goals 158 pts +22
Mackinnon took off when Rattenen became a top line player along with Landeskog.
Tkachuk for Dubois leaves the Flames with Lindholm and Gaudreau and Backlund and Magniapane as top-6 wingers and Monahan as a solid 1B Centre.
Right now are you ready to qualify Tkachuk at 9M? Dubois's 2 years at 5M with 5 M qualifier fixes a lot of cap space problems.
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Well I've been hesitant to say this because I feel like I already say things that a lot of people hate - but I'm pretty underwelmed by Tkachuk and would not be opposed to trading him to get a #1 centre.
I don't know if that was PLD though.