Marner's situation has no relation at all to the Tkachuk trade, you can't use that as a base

I was waiting for Jenner's name to come up in the Marner trades! 😆

What took so long?

Tkachuk is significantly better, was younger, an RFA and asking for less money than Marner.
It'd be better to compare Marner to Huby in that trade lol

penguins decline. Acciari is the better player. No need to down grade. If they move Acciari out it's for a pick and to open up space for younger players.

No one involved in the Tkachuk trade had trade protection. Literally every player you've chosen here does. Not to mention there are no equivalencies at all between the players involved.

Marner says no and so does Columbus

Also worth noting Weegs and Huby had 1 year left on there deals

Keep dreaming..... what a ludacris trade offer.

A couple of issues with comparing your proposed Columbus trade to the Tkachuk deal:

1. Tkachuk was an RFA who basically had a shortlist of teams he'd sign long term with. So any team making a trade for him would be able to lock him up for several years, as Florida did. Marner could use his NMC to do the same, giving Toronto a chance to extract more value, but that's not a given. For the time being, he's a rental until proven otherwise.

2. The two roster players Calgary got in return, Huberdeau and Weegar, were both one year away from free agency at the time of the trade. Both ended up extending, but for a while there it was looking like both would be one year rentals. By contrast, both Jenner and Werenski are under contract for several more seasons. As a result, they hold more trade value and Columbus will be less likely to part with them.

3. At the time of the Tkachuk trade, the Panthers were coming off a Presidents' trophy win. Tkachuk was viewed by Florida as the final piece they needed for a cup push. By contrast, Columbus is coming off a season where they finished 4th worst in the league and are not one piece away from contention. Trading multiple key players and draft picks for Marner when they are still rebuilding isn't a move that makes sense for them.

I think the Sabers might accept that trade but I'm not sure Toronto fans would.

Better is debatable. Coming off 1 season of 100pts. Before that previous high was 71. Marner plays PP & PK.

"Significantly" part might be debatable but Tkachuk was better at that point than Marner is now.