Ok video game mode for a brief minute here....
Three team trade:
To Calgary:
- Jack Eichel
To Buffalo:
- Alex Newhook
- Drew Helleson
- JT Compher
- COL 2023 1st
- CGY 2022 1st
To Colorado:
- Matthew Tlachuk(35% retention by Buffalo)
Basically boils down to Calgary giving up Tkachuk + 1st for Eichel. Avs give up Newhook + Helleson + 1st + Salary and get Tkachuk. Buffalo gives up Eichel but get back two firsts, an A Tier Prospect, a B tier prospect, and a Warm body for the tank this year.
Would anybody do this from our end? Our forwards afterwards would look like:
Landy - Mack - Mikko
Tkachuk - Kadri - Burakovsky
Nuke - Jost - LOC
Helm - Maltsev - Sikura
Sherwood/Matteau
With about ~2M still left to make a play for someone like Bozak for example to fill out the bottom 6.
From the Avs perspective Tkachuk would be a damn near perfect fit for that 2LW spot IMO. And apparently the Flames and Buffalo are pretty deep into Eichel trade talks but part of the hold up is that Buffalo doesn't want Tkachuk because they know he wouldn't want to sign long term in Buffalo. And the Flames want Tkachuk in the deal because he doesn't want to be in Calgary anymore either. Hence a 3re team potentially entering the picture.
Strictly from the Avs point of view we'd give up Newhook + Helleson + 1st for Tkachuk essentially. Do people think that would be too much or not enough? It would create a concerning hole at the 2C spot beyond this year as well. But the Avs will have a lot of cap space next summer, enough that they could confidently re-sign Kadri if he plays well again, or go after a big fish in free agency. I think Zibanejad is especially heading towards UFA status but so too might Couturier or Hertl.
Anyways highly unlikely to happen and pretty video game mode discussion but a good friend of mine who's a Flames fan said this 3-way scenario with some random team seems like a possibility if the Flames end up getting Tkachuk.
