If Buffalo said no to Monahan and Tkachuk but said give us Lindholm and Tkachuk, would people still do it? Lindholm is obviously a better asset that Buffalo would want.
Eichel is $10M and QO Chuckie and Lindholm combined are about $14M. But maybe Chuckie would sign a longer term deal in Buffalo for less AVV.
Suppose you could then move Backlund and resign Ryan at a proper contract so your salaries would work. Would people look at centre depth of Eichel-Monahan-Ryan-Dube (or Pelletier/Zary/Phillips or a bargain 4C). Can Ryan move up to a Backlund checking role (or can Monahan grow into a 200 foot guy like Sutter seems to think)?
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