I do not understand why everyone is so suddenly upset about this. Everyone kept wanting to trade Tkachuk after 2021 season and saying that this core doesn't have what it takes to win but then Sutter solved all the issues. Tkachuk is not worth over 9 million imo, especially without Johnny.
I still believe that this team was this good only because of Sutter, and once Sutter would have left Johnny would become a sub 80 point player and Tkachuk would follow, I would way rather rebuild/retool. This will sting in short term but I do believe this will be the best outcome in a couple of years, too much recency bias here
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