Not remotely close

Any Lindholm deal starts with Matthew Knies

replace those two with knies and niemela and you’re probably still not quite there but you’re close

Right now Edmonton has $6.7 million in cap space with 5 roster slots open and Jesse Puljujarvi and Kailer Yamamoto to re-sign, and you think that they're going to use up $5.625 million of that cap space on Jake Muzzin?

Last season Elias Lindholm had as good a year as John Tavares (and in some ways, a better year), is 4 years younger and is 40% of his cap hit. Is that a package you think would be fair value for John Tavares?

lol if this is lindholm's value, count everyone out. dude looks very prone to fall off without tkachuk and gaudreau

I mean playing with them certainly doesn’t hurt, but Lindholm has basically maintained his level of play regardless of linemates. He’s scored at a 33 goal 74 point pace per 82 games over the last 4 years, and only this past season was with Gaudreau and Tkachuk. He’s capable of driving play on his own with a good shot and elite defensive impacts. His market value is well over double his cap hit, making him even more valuable as a 2-way 1C. There’s no reason for Calgary to trade him unless they get really blown away, and honestly what I mentioned is just getting up to fair trade value for the excess on-ice value he provides for his contract.

EDM has no space to just take on $5m+ in Muzzin without significant salary going back Toronto's way.