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Originally Posted by Macho0978
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
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Landeskog is a good all around player but also has only 23 more points than Johnny in 165 more games played. I also think Johnny will age better given he relies on vision vs the physicality that Landeskog has in his game. I could see a sharp decline coming for Gabe where I think Johnny will have some of his best seasons if he can get himself into that Phil Kessel on the Pens role with a team where he is a key piece but not the focal point of a team.