Tkachuk for picks/prospects does make some sense even in the short term. Without Tkachuk to consider, we could almost keep the whole rest of the team even without dumping Monahan or Lucic.
Could be a fast re-tool. If we could scrape by next year without paying assets to dump cap, having $11M+ to chase a big fish in free agency and make a push in 2023-24. Some big names hit UFA that year (MacKinnon, Huberdeau, Pastrnak, Larkin, Horvat).
We're stuck between a rock and a hard place next year - either a one-line team with significantly worse depth, or gutting the top line that carried the offence. But I'd hate to see a one-year cap crunch turn into a multi-year mistake.
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