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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Man, Treliving is going to have to be in full on wizard mode to bring back a team as competitive and tough as this years group while keeping it all under the cap.
You play around on CapFriendly and it's an exercise in frustration, futility and wishful thinking.
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This is why I think the logical move is to trade Tkachuk. That’s the move that actually has some potential upside, because if you replace him with a quick responsible two way winger, you may actually improve that line. I just don’t think you are going to ever get great responsible defensive play from Gaudreau… that’s not what he’s paid for.
Akin to the Stars I mentioned previously, they had Hull-Modano-Lehtinen. Gaudreau is better than Hull was at that point and Modano>Lindholm, so I see that as being pretty close. Neither were great defensively. That’s why Lehtinen was so important, he was great in keeping and getting it out of their own end. This line needs that more than a Tkachuk IMO. And with that you save the necessary $ and potentially add to the futures cupboard.