Just spitballin' but if Gaudreau won't sign a fair extension this off season, and Tkachuk does indeed want out but you can't get Eichel for him:
Gaudreau for Konecny and Patrick (roughly)
Thachuk for Thomas and Kyrou (roughly)
Then go after Hall or Landeskog in free agency.
Hall/Landeskog - Lindholm - Konecny
Mangiapane - Monahan - Kyrou
Dube - Backlund - Thomas
Lucic - Patrick - Ritchie?
I dunno, you can't have these two key Flames forwards walk for nothing by waiting too long, and that would be four pretty good young (right shot) and controlled forwards to add that could help now and in the future.
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