OTT declines

Definitely not enough if you want both of them. Not particularly close either.

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Not particularly close?

Well I think we can all agree that a 1 for 1 Chych for TK would be fair value. SO what you're saying is that a potential franchise goaltender, who is a rookie no less, our best defensive prospect who blew away the O this year, a solid two way top 6 forward who is only 24 and will put up 50 points this year in a John Tortorella system, plus a 1st and a 2nd, is not particularly close for Brady Tkachuk? I think if we added another 2nd or another blue chip prospect the unfairness would tip in the Flyers direction.

Brady Tkachuk is an absolute stud, a do it all Captain type, who is close to a point per game player. You don't trade guys like that. But if he pulls a Matty and wants out, thats close to a fair value package. I would add in a 2nd if that would make you happy, but it wouldn't be ours, it would be the ones we acquired.

But again, I can understand why you said not particularly close, because you just dont trade Brady Tkachuks, although that's what I thought about Matt too. And Gretzky. And Hull. And i could continue.

I think your proposal would be a decent starting point. I’d argue that TK is worth more than Chychrun. Chych has been bad defensively this year. You’d be trading with the expectation that Torts and Shaw could fix him.

FYI, given the center position is a bigger need for us, I would rather target Stutzle than Tkachuk.

Depending on where this 1st lands could potentially decide it for me. If Philly goes on a losing streak to end the year and finishes like 13th, I think i would do this If I were OTT. And believe me, I love Tkachuk as a player.

IMO Philly would be insane to do it though. Regardless of their season success, they are rebuilding and should keep all young assets for now. Adding Tkuchuk at the cost of JF and TK is not an immediate upgrade.