Are we ovethinking Tkachuks Value

Team: 2022-23 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 19, 2022

Published: Jul. 19, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Does Tkachuk carry more or less value than Fiala and Debrincat? From the player alone, I would say Tkachuk is by far the best one of the 3. However, (I could be wrong here) but I think Tkachuk's trade value is a lot lower than people are saying. Doesn't the arb filing mean he's a UFA next year anyways? At least with Fiala and Debrincat, the teams acquiring had RFA years left with both of them.

I think the trade for Tkachuk is going to involve a 1st rounder, a young roster player/top prospect, and 1 more piece. To me, I think Calgary has very very little leverage in a situation like this and I think if the devils were involved, it's 1 of 3 offers below. And if Calgary fans think this is a ridiculous lowball offer...look at the returns for the other 2 guys. Tkachuck is much better than both, but he's a UFA after this arb filing. So it's not going to be a King's Ransom. It's going to be very similar to Fiala and Debrincat returns.

And on another note, if the Flames are worried about Tkachuk getting offersheeted and that's why they filed for arb....4 1st round picks is worth that alone if Tkachuk is threatening to walk a year from now. Screw the whole '1st rounders are lottery tickets' because that's so damn far from the truth. 4 1st rounders gives you AMPLE amount of flexibility to construct your team how YOU want to. And there are great players in picks 16-32, or you could even trade those 1sts for NHL ready players.

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