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Originally Posted by Vinny01
You have no idea because your comment about being a powerplay specialist is debatable. So Johnny does not create scoring chances at all at even strength. Does your analysis take into consideration that he has played the entire season with a PTO level player on his RW?
Johnny has proven that he is not a franchise player and is not a guy that will carry a team or a terrible line to be elite. If Johnny went to a team like the Avs where he is the third best forward I see things going a lot differently for him and he would be scoring points at an elite rate.
I have absolute zero doubt that Johnny will get a deal that gives him a raise over 7-8 years when he signs a new deal and I think it is almost certainly elsewhere
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I’d take Landeskog over Johnny no question. I’m sure you have Mackinnon and Rantanen over him as well.
I’m for keeping as many players as we can but if trading Tkachuk and Johnny improves our team down the road and increases our chances at wright or bedard then it might be worth it. Neither are franchise players and both are going to get paid. I’d keep Tkachuk but only if he resigns this off season and I only resign if it’s 6 years or more and not over 9. Even then I struggle to see a $9 mil player even what he provided last year as well. Especially in a flat cap league that could stay that way for 2 more seasons. If the cap was going up it’s typical 2 to 5 percent each year I’d be fine with resigning Tkachuk for more money or less term but this flat cap is a huge problem with his next deal
Combine that with high end drafts coming up it makes more sense to retool or rebuild then keep everyone and fill holes