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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
If you can grab yourself a future Nolan Patrick or Kappo Kakko or Patrik Laine or even the great Jack Eichel and all it costs you is a 100 point power forward, you do it every single time.
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Or Marcel Dionne, Shanahan, Marleau, Malkin, Sedins, Eric Staal, Bellows, Heatley, Yashin etc.
We have enough evidence of what Tkachuk does in the playoffs and there is an impending rebuild coming and the Flames don't have the team the way it is to win a cup. They just showed us.
If this is available, you pull the trigger. Gaudreau is probably going to walk anyway. I also don't think Tkachuk is a 100 pt player ever again, especially without Gaudreau, and his contract negotiation is going to be a nightmare, saddling you with a massive cap hit. Picked right, this pick will be getting the same number of points in 3 years for about 90% less cap hit.