How much you think tkachuk will ask for? You'll have to move stone

I hope Tkachuk will sign a 7 year extension of $6.75 mil AAV deal after July 1st. Flames can move Stone and/or Frolik next season and if Smith is still decent will come in at a bit of a discount. Again, I do not in any way think that Tavares will sign in Calgary, this is a pipe dream. On paper this could be a cup contender though. More likely we go after James Neal, JVR or David Perron. They are great players but past their prime and worried about a Lucic type deal that screws you in 2-3 years.

I really hope we sign Tkachuk for 8 years

Agreed, however the purpose of these is to pipe dream, and what if Tavares DID sign, how would it work. But I agree, overall your better not to have all that money wrapped up in one player. Look at Edmonton with $27M tied up in three players; all forwards nonetheless, isn't what I would do, especially teams are continually proving the old 2-1-1 or 2-2 forward line breakdown, or even 3-1, is not as effective as having depth and 4 strong lines. Getting a $6M player like JVR I htink is well worth it, except for the LW part. The top 2 on the left side are locked down I think for a very long time. Hence maybe James Neal or trade (Simmonds?), but although Neal is over $2M more, you could llock him up longer and wouldn't cost anything. I think Neal is actually an exceptional option for Calgaary, especially now that Lindholm is there, then our right side looks pretty good.