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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Tarasenko may cement himself as a boat anchor contract as well. If Tarasenko busts on the Flames how can this team compete with Tarasenko and Lucic chewing up $13M of a flat cap?
I would only want a cap dump if the Flames are getting a guy that looks like a future elite core piece. The Habs deal for Pacioretty for instance. They took Tatar on but got Suzuki. Tkachuk is a higher caliber player than Pacioretty so I would want a higher caliber prospect coming back than Suzuki and I don’t think Thomas is that player
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But of all the boat anchor deals tarasenko has potential to be a top end player. What if he is healthy and plays well? Boat anchor deals like Neal or lucic aren’t all equal in my eyes. There is still potential that tarasenko is still a very good player where we all knew we weren’t getting much more than what we are getting out of lucic.
Are we competing this year with Johnny and Tkachuk? Sure I’d love to snag turcotte or cozens type prospects but you continue to fail to acknowledge that at least a team like Buffalo probably can’t sign Tkachuk similar to us. I’m sure doughty would love adding Tkachuk to the kings. Our options could be very limited on who wants him